What you need to know: The alien Atrapako have colored scales to mark their class. Sa Kamizan is a Blue male, and the two females are Green scientists. Dr. Lucy Stannis is a human scientist, studying the Atrapako. Here, she learns about their class structure.
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Sa Kamizan scanned
the meadow, and said, “Come!” The females followed him towards the road. A
minute later, he addressed Te Suzzaine, “Do you think Dr. Stannis is a Blue?”
“I’m not sure,” she
replied. “Sometimes, she is like a Green.”
“Yes, she is so
friendly,” added Te Tamarkis. Lucy caught Sa Kamizan’s eye. So Blues were not
friendly to Greens.
Te Suzzaine
concluded, “You know best, Sa Kamizan.”
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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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This sounds fascinating, Aurora. I am looking forward to reading much more.
ReplyDeleteThanks. There's more on the Book's page at my Blog.
DeleteAlways look forward to a sci fi excerpt! You must have put a lot of thought into this alien culture and it shows. Love the short piece here, hope you pick up from this spot next time.
ReplyDelete30 years of thought!
DeleteWow, your aliens are amazing, and truly alien. You've created a fascinating world here!
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DeleteGreat interactions here. I get the feeling she'll be walking on this ice as she figures out their culture.
ReplyDeleteLove the worldbuilding, which will be quite a challenge for your heroine all right! Interesting snippet.
ReplyDeleteIncredibly creative world building! And you've shown how much of a foreigner she is to their culture by not understanding their class system. Wonderful 8, Aurora. :-)
ReplyDeleteLucy analyzes the class structure in a very natural, intuitive way. She sounds quite intelligent.
ReplyDeleteLucy is a scientist and a good foil for Sa Kamizan.
ReplyDeleteGreat world building. I enjoyed the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteIntriguing and in light of recent current events, we could all learn a lesson in getting along regardless of colors and appearances:D
ReplyDeleteThat was part of my idea for this story.
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