Welcome to another
Saturday of Science Fiction & Fantasy snippets exchanged by writers. http://scififansat.blogspot.com/
My contribution this
week continues the scene on Moon Station from Grand Master’s Game, Book 2 in
the Grand Master’s Trilogy. Last week, the excerpt ended after Athanor released
Violet from the jaws of the giant wasp-spider.You can read it at
Excerpt:
A woman’s voice shouted, “Make sure they’re dead or restrained!”
More footsteps shuffled around them.
Breathing heavily, Athanor cradled Violet’s head and peered at
her out of the ordinary blue eyes of his natural face. “Are you all right?”
She blinked and flexed her arms and legs. Her voice quavered,
“Yes, no bones broken. I’m just sore and bruised.”
Blood oozed from a long slash across his cheekbone. Violet
imagined he had escaped from the clutching jaws of a giant spider-wasp. “You’re
hurt!” she murmured.
He groaned, “Blasted power loss! I could fix the scrapes easily
with psi energy.”
The woman spoke again from
nearby, “You should see the doctor. Pity he’s occupied with worse injuries. I’m
amazed that hellish beast didn’t cut your throat!” 
Blurb
Spin
across the galaxy as Violet and her Grand Master hunt their enemies. Cracks in
the portal web threaten galactic civilization, and suspicions fall on the
mysterious Grand Masters with their immense psychic powers. Once, there were
twelve Grand Masters, humans and aliens, on the Council. Now there are eleven.
One was killed when the young pawn, Violet, rescued her Grand Master, Athanor,
from the Red Queen’s dungeon. The Red Queen fled the fight and now she lurks
out of sight, regenerating her energies.
Athanor
devises a risky plan to expose his enemies on the Council and force the Red
Queen into the open. His strategy will employ Violet’s empathic skills as his
secret weapon. Meanwhile, she wrestles with her erratic talents and doubts
about their unequal partnership. In their search for revenge, they contend with
the portal crisis, psychic traps and hostile aliens. In the inevitable battle
of Grand Masters, Violet and Athanor will face their worst nightmares. What is
the sacrifice for victory?
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The aftermath of battle - a nice depiction of the moments after the struggle ends, as the adrenaline ebbs away.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll have to start scenes from a WIP soon for a change.
DeleteCan definitely sense his frustration at being unable to heal himself.
ReplyDeleteThe scrape isn't serious. He just hates being without his psi power.
DeleteThe doctor is out for Athanor
ReplyDeleteFo the moment
DeleteHopefully they haven't escaped one set of monsters (the wasp-spiders/spider-wasps) only to wind up with another (the woman at the start of the scene).
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