FREE Saturday: A Tale of Two Colonies
Tiger Lily fights monsters on colony planet
Snippet:
Lily half turned, and began
skidding down into a large hole that suddenly opened under her feet. She fell
on her back, still sliding helplessly downward. Ming and Conley were trapped in
the same capricious landslide.
Ming had spread-eagled his arms
and legs to slow his descent. He yelled urgently, “Get the ropes!”
Conley caught hold of Lily’s
right wrist, while he grasped his bared sword blade in his other hand. He held
the sword so it pointed down between his legs. Lily wondered what fearful
danger lay at the bottom of the hole. In an instant, she saw it and stifled a
scream. They were funneling inexorably into a monstrous mouth ringed with
jagged triangles of teeth. She struggled to grab her laser with her free hand.
The awful mouth was only a few scant feet away. With a
swift motion, Conley threw his sword into the gaping mouth. Simultaneously,
Ming and Lily fired their lasers. A high pitched shrieking arose, and the
convulsions of the monster scattered sand and rocks about them.
Not a healthy situation - but a sword plus two laser blasts ought to upset the sand creature. Fun snippet - I like action scenes!
ReplyDeleteOh lovely! :-/ That really is a nightmare. Hoping they make it out...
ReplyDeleteOf course - it's a romance!
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