Welcome to another
Saturday of Science Fiction & Fantasy and read snippets exchanged by several
writers. http://scififansat.blogspot.com/
For a change of pace,
my contribution this week is from my unedited WIP, Grand Master’s Mate, Book 3
in the Grand Master’s Trilogy. Note: Seltos and Ythris are dragons, or reptilian
sentients, from the planet of Sythos. The Brululians resemble giant lobsters.
These stories are full of weird aliens.
You can read last
week’s snippet here - http://auroraspringernovels.blogspot.com/2015/08/snippet-for-sffsat-with-dragons-from.html
Seltos
crouched and Athanor hoisted Violet onto the dragon’s ridged back. Violet
leaned forward to hold the dragon’s neck, her head pressed against the
iridescent scales. The Grand Master stepped on the dragon’s knee and leaped up
to straddle the back behind Violet. He clasped Violet round the waist with one
arm and gripped the ridges of the dragon’s back with the other hand.
“Fly to
the Black Dragon’s eyrie,” Athanor barked.
The
dragon spread his wings wide, scaring the Brululian babies into their cabin.
Seltos thrust his wings down and soared up. The starlit sky vanished just
before they collided with the dome and they popped into the void.
Seltos emerged
in the upper atmosphere of Sythos, dropping swiftly through the yellow clouds
towards the planet’s surface. The orange sands of the deserts predominated on
the continent beneath them. Flames shot from the volcanic fissures zigzagging
across the arid continent. Peering over the dragon’s neck at the vast amber
dessert, Violet recognized the green stain of the swamp where Ythris had killed
the Mynothros, an enormous snake-necked saurian.
With
steady beats of his wings, the dragon flew towards the isolated pillar-like
peaks of the dragons’ eyries.
“I’ve never visited this planet,”
Athanor’s thought flew to Violet.
“You saw the place through my pawn’s collar,”
she replied.
Books 1 & 2 are published
and Book 1 will be FREE from 28-29th, next week.
Your comments are
welcome.
Beautiful descriptions of Sythos. I especially liked the flames shooting "from the volcanic fissures zigzagging across" the ground. It's a very evocative image. Nicely done.
ReplyDeleteThanks! The planet is fiery, but the dragons can't spit fire. Ythris thought it was a strange idea.
DeleteLove the world-building and scenic tour.
ReplyDeleteThanks - this trilogy goes through a number of worlds.
DeleteSome nice dragon's-eye view imagery.
ReplyDeleteActive volcanic world... fun! Ok ok, I know Earth is active, but something about ridges spewing lava makes me think VERY active...! And Danger.
ReplyDeleteNice description - and I always approve of flying on dragons.
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