What you need to know: The alien Atrapako have colored scales to mark their class. Sa Kamizan is a Blue male, and Te Suzzine is a Green scientist. Dr. Lucy Stannis is a human scientist, studying the Atrapako. Here, she learns about their class structure.
Snippet (shortened to fit)
Sa Kamizan raised his head and strode in
front. His crest was high and Lucy realized he was annoyed. She laughed, “I have
an idea. White light contains all the colors.” She twirled in her white summer
dress, “See, I am white.”
“That is a clever idea,” admitted Te
Suzzaine.
Lucy skipped ahead to walk beside Sa
Kamizan. Several of the aliens were now following him. “I see you are at the
head of your loyal troops, your Excellency,” she jested. Then she saw the distress
in his eyes.
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Blurb
The peaceful human colonists on the remote
planet of Eden welcome alien refugees in their crippled spaceship. The alien
Atrapako have spiky crests, sharp claws, and scales of four colors covering
massive humanoid bodies. Their rigid class system conflicts with the
party-loving society of the humans. The intrepid Dr. Lucy Stannis, a scientist
and undercover agent of Terra, is both curious and suspicious of the aliens.
She befriends the captain of the alien spaceship, the impressive and devious Blue,
Sa Kamizan Veedak, who led the escape from their hostile home planet through
the hazards of space to the safety of Eden. Their tenuous friendship is
threatened by assassination attempts, and sabotage by humans and aliens. They
must learn to fight together to survive. Can the Atrapako overcome their
cultural instincts and co-exist peacefully with humans on Eden? In the
conflict, Sa Kamizan questions his allegiances, while Lucy strives to discover
the secret of the aliens in a race against time before the colonists lose their
independence.
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Distress? Very compelling hook Aurora. I can't wait to find out what the source of it is.
ReplyDeleteNext week, then.
DeleteI love her realization about the color white! And I'm hooked on what is causing him the distress as well. Excellent excerpt!
ReplyDeleteThanks!
DeleteSoon I want to move to my WIP.
I"m curious about why he's so distressed. Intriguing exceerpt.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying the way you're using colors. We tend to take colors and their significance for granted, which means they're a rich source of 'difference' for a writer to use to create a unique society--like yours.
ReplyDeleteThe secret is - they paint the colors on their scales and claws.
DeleteI want to know what the source is, too. Intriguing snippet.
ReplyDeleteVery clever Earth girl! Excellent worldbuilding, Aurora. :-)
ReplyDeleteThe answer will come this weekend
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