Welcome to Science Fiction Fantasy Saturday. On the surface, it’s a web ring of authors who post snippets of their work for comment. In reality, it’s a close-knit group of friends and colleagues working together to support and encourage one another and promote the science fiction and fantasy genres.
This week’s snippet is a departure from SOVRAN’S PAWN. Don’t worry. We aren’t going far. I’ve been hard at work on Book Two of THE BLACK WING CHRONICLES, tentatively titled THE WATCHTOWER. Still in the first draft stage it’s nearly ready for the endless revisions to begin. Here is your first look:
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“Well, well, Barron,” a synthesized voice broadcast from the speakers scattered around the compound.”I finally have you. I will entertain your request to surrender now.”
It was a matter of time before those black-clad thugs rushed her. If she was going to make it out with her skin intact, she needed to act quickly. Bo adjusted the power setting on her blaster, then the beam dispersal. Her eyes passed over the high walls, orienting herself to the map she’d memorized before she’d embarked on this suicide mission.
Choosing her spot, she leveled her sidearm at the outer wall and fired repeatedly until the thick wall exploded in a mass of molten rock. The concussion drove her back a few steps, but she’d been ready for it. Without waiting for the smoke to clear, she holstered her sidearm and raced for the hole, diving through headfirst. Once clear of the wall, she twisted mid-air, pointed her left arm at one of the buttresses supporting the structure, and clenched her fist, launching the grappling hook attached to her wrist. Silently praying she wouldn’t run out of shimmersilk line before the hook found purchase, Bo held her breath.
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SOVRAN’S PAWN
United by extortion, divided by duty, someone wants them both dead. They want each other. The catch is, nothing is what it seems…
Convicted of treason and sentenced to be executed, Bo Barron is the last person who should be infiltrating a Sub-socia weapons auction. But when her father is kidnapped and the ransom demand is the schematics to an experimental weapon, she has no choice but to go under cover with her uncle to get it.
Nobody counted on former-government-agent-turned-holofeature-hero Blade Devon’s infatuation with her. A botched assassination under the guise of a bar brawl leaves Bo blind and Blade wondering if there isn’t more to this job than he was led to believe.
Never able to resist playing the hero, Blade tends her injuries and delves deeper into the intrigue only to find this mission isn’t about a weapon at all. It’s about two Sovrans’ maneuvering for control, with Bo and Blade as their pawns.
All Bo and Blade have to do is figure out how to survive the game they didn’t know they were playing.
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This is one of those times when Bo needs repulsorboots.
Do those come in platform wedges?
Cute and weaponized? Double yes.
Or a good jet pack… 🙂
Great snippet!
Does Chanel make those?
Thanks!
Oh, man! Leave us hanging once more!! Great stuff…tight action, suspense, shewww. Stay tuned, same bat channel, same bat time…right?
Of course! I pulled a Patrick with these snippets! 😉
Thanks!
Every time I read one of your snippets, I’m impressed by the action, gadgetry and well-placed details. The case is the same here. Love how she escaped!
Thank you! But she’s not out of the woods yet!
Shoot through the walls if all else fails.
That’s why I keep a small cannon nearby at all times.
What you’re describing is just a typical night out in Leeds! So many memories are flooding back! lol
Well done JC great action!
Not unlike Ybor City, either… except for the clifftop fortress. There aren’t any cliffs in Tampa.
oh, there are cliffs strewn all over the place in Leeds, you can’t see your feet for the blighters! or am I thinking of tramps?! who knows! heehee.
You’d think those guys in black would have noticed by now that she has a penchant for shooting holes in walls.
You would think, but I believe those guys have been hired more for the way they fill out the uniform rather than any particular gift for abstract reasoning they may possess.
Good show Bo. I hope she’s making a VERY un-ladylike gesture as she jumps off that cliff.
😉
Great descriptions!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great action scene, very cool escape.
Thanks! I love writing action scenes.
Ooh! Grappling hooks! I need one of those. Do you suppose you can find one on eBay?
Ebay is a good place to start. Blade is going to put his foot down and try to make Bo quit using hers, you may be able to get one slightly used primo set real cheap.