Another Saturday, another thrilling excerpt. Read a piece from my new release: A Tale of Two Colonies.
This book is free on Saturday August 16th .
Tiger Lily is competing for a place in the next colony ship so she can escape the misery of overpopulated Terra.
Lily strode
through the grimy subterranean passages to her tiny room, flushed with the
success of her performance and indifferent to the hunched figures of the silent
passersby. She ignored the group of five ragged youths lounging idly at the
corner, until they moved deliberately in her direction.
“Out alone!”
one man jeered, clearly believing her to be vulnerable.
“We’ll give
you a good time!” another man called with vulgar intentions, reaching out to
grab her arm.
She swiveled
rapidly, punching him below the belt. He collapsed with a moan.
Two others
advanced angrily on her. She leaped at them, aiming a vicious kick. Her target
crumpled in agony, clutching at his groin. The third man hesitated, unluckily
for him. Her fist thudded against his jaw and he sagged to the ground,
unconscious.
One of the two
youths, who had hung behind well out of the action, shouted, “Watch out! It’s
Tiger Lily. I saw her fight in the arena.”
The other man called,
“She’s big trouble! Let’s get out of here!” They dashed away, abandoning their
injured comrades who lay groaning on the dirty floor.
Sounds like they didn't recognize her at first.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I described Kevi (Roi) in my answer last week. If you'd like a closer look, he's in all three of my published books, though much younger there.