Sultry Lily White, nicknamed Tiger Lily, searches for the lost colony from 400 years earlier. Her scout team meets Conley, a taciturn and attractive warrior. He is a valuable guide on the planet with many alien predators. Here, they are relaxing after one narrow escape.
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Lily leaned against Conley and relaxed with
the boulder supporting her back. She closed her eyes sleepily under the warmth
of the afternoon sun.
Conley shifted slightly. “Lily?” he said
softly.
“Yes,” she opened her eyes. He was gazing
into her face.
“Thank you,” he said, and kissed her warmly.
She slid her arms around his neck and leaned
into his embrace. It was peaceful lying in the sun with a faint humming sound
in the distance. As they kissed, the sound grew louder.
Suddenly, Conley broke away and leaped to his
feet with a warning yell, “Stripers!”
Looking up, Lily discovered the source of the
sound was orange striped insects flying above. She struggled erect and pulled
out her laser. Conley was jumping high to slash with his long sword at the
zooming insects, which were attacking in formation. Rows of insects advanced
toward their camp. They had two pairs of vibrating wings and bore a stinger on
their tails.
Tiger Lily swung into action, firing her
laser beam and severing the insect bodies. They kept attacking; swooping down
and quickly soaring out of reach. Lily and Conley moved together, standing back
to back for protection, while swiping at the heads of the flying insects.
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Four hundred years earlier the great
spaceships had departed from Terra to colonize distant planets. Few ships
reached their destinations; their sporadic signals waned and disappeared. No
one knew whether the colonists survived. Now, construction of a new generation
of hyperdrive ships was scheduled at one every five years. Planet Delta was
selected as the next target for survey because the arrival of a brief signal
suggested the descendants of the colonists were alive.
Tiger Lily longs for freedom. In her fight to
escape the subterranean slums of Terra, Lily competes to join the scout team
selected for the next spaceship along with a new set of prospective colonists.
Their mission to discover the lost colony faces the challenges posed by the voracious
predators of the planet. In the mountains, they encounter Conley, a grim
warrior who longs to escape the confines of his isolated valley. Has Tiger Lily
met her match in this tortured warrior? But, where is he leading them? Danger
lies ahead, and conflicts between humans and aliens. Can they ensure the safety
of the new human colonists, or must they retreat to Terra?
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