Welcome to the SFR Brigade Starry Night Blog Hop! For my part I’ve decided to share an excerpt from my WIP, an erotic space opera. I hope you enjoy reading it and have fun continuing on the hop.
From Mars, With Love
The man in black put his hand on Eli’s shoulder and pushed him forward. “Shall we transport, or do you like it here?”
Eli shrugged the hand off, or tried to. The man squeezed tighter. Eli glared at him, yanked free and moved through the shuttle bay to a newly blowtorched hole where the marines had latched one of their mobile boarding tunnels. He took the chance to look out the wide portals. Camouflaged the color of night, the marine ship was nearly invisible. He could tell it was huge, about ten times the size of the cruiser. Battleship class. He couldn’t identify the subclass. Something new and secret. Maybe that’s why the man in black was there.
Eli’s gaze drifted beyond the void created by the ship. He froze in place. An audible gasp escaped as his mouth dropped open. He couldn’t help it. Earth hung in the abyss of space, a bluish dot approaching the point where it would become just another star.
He’d resented being called a groundling, but that’s what he was. He’d never left earth, barely ever left the surface and had only seen the stars in cheap lounge holos and vids at the library. Very rarely, when the northeastern winds picked up, he’d spotted a few distant lights in the sky beyond the gleam of the domes and towers of the city. That hadn’t stopped him from dreaming of being a pilot. In fact, the distant allure of those lights had encouraged his fantasies of adventures, far above the trash heaps of home.
This was no dream. The diamond specks of distant suns filled the swoop of space. He’d never believed there were so many. All thoughts dropped away as his reality finally hit him. No ground beneath his feet, only unfathomable distance. He expected the man in black to push him again. Instead he stood behind him. Eli could feel the heat radiating off him, a palpable contrast to the stunning emptiness all around them.
“First time off planet?” the man asked.
Eli snorted derisively. “Hardly.” But he still didn’t move. Not until propelled forward by a hand on his back. The touch was gentle this time. Somewhere in the back of his brain, Eli noted this. He’d think about it when he came down off the high of the stars.
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My Giveaway:
Because my recently released novel, Touch of Salar, is fantasy, not science fiction, I decided to giveaway a $10.00 gift certificate to my publisher, Loose Id, so that you, dear reader, could select a steamy SF novel or whatever genre of steamy you like. After the hop ends on the 25th I’ll choose a winner by drawing a random name from everyone who comments on this post. Thanks for stopping by!
SFR Contest:
Love the excerpt! =) thank you for the Chance =)
meri.beegmx.at
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meri.bee@gmx.at
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Thanks for playing!
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Well I happen to be a fan of both fantasy and scifi romance so it’s all good to me. lol always.and.never AT gmail DOT com
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Thanks for the amazing excerpt & giveaway!
elizabeth(at)bookattict(dot)com
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Nice excerpt
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
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‘The high of the stars’. Very nice!
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Great read. Thanks!
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Great excerpt!
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Wonderful excerpt. How cool would it be to be Eli? I’d love to travel into space.
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Lovely excerpt – I enjoyed the read.
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O_O I can’t wait for this WIP to be done. You’ve got me hooked already!
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Nice. I love that he’d never seen the stars except for the cheap lounge holos and vids at the library. 🙂
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It’s hard to come down from the high of the stars. Great excerpt!
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Really loved the excerpt, has me eager to read more. Thanks for the giveaway.
fsteph55(at)yahoo(dot)com
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Great excerpt! Good luck on your wip. I hope you finish soon. There’s not enough space opera in the world. 🙂
Anna
solofan2003 at aol.com
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