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.
Excerpt:
Something grabbed her arm. A
large hand thrust a dagger into the monster’s eye, twisting deep into the head.
A blood stained hand in a familiar black leather sleeve. Green blood spouted
around the blade. The monster jerked and stilled, its jaws still clamped on her
neck. Athanor had stabbed into its brain. His grim face hovered over her
startled eyes, his teeth bared in a fierce grimace. He grasped the ends of the
horrid mandibles, gritted his teeth and exerted his full strength to open the
jaws.
Violet fell backwards onto
Athanor’s knees. In the background, the stump of heavy footsteps preceded a
shout of command and the zip of heavy weapons. The cavalry had arrived,
belatedly.
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A very dramatic sequence - the intensity stressed by the mention of bared teeth. Effectively gruesome!
ReplyDeleteThanks - watch for the green goo!
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ReplyDeleteWhose cavalry - Athanor's or the monster's? There really never is a good time to lose your head.
ReplyDeleteWell, the footsteps suggest humans, so we can hope they are friendly.
DeleteGood snippet...and of course the cavalry would arrive right after he already finished the battle. :-)
ReplyDeleteGot to make the hero work, even disadvantaged without his psi powers.
DeleteAh, I was wondering what happened to his psi powers. I clearly missed that piece of information. I guess at least the cavalry arrived...
ReplyDeleteThe dust that stops the portals from working also blocks psi powers. They work on the same principles.
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