Sunday, June 23, 2013

Galaxy Glimpse- 8 sentence Sunday!

Hey Readers!


I'm changing gears this Sunday after a couple of weeks off from Eight Sentence Sunday. I'm happy to announce I'll be posting some snippets from new latest WIP called Across the Stars. It's a SFR or Sci-Fi Romance.

Here's the story scoop: Laina is one of the last surviving humans after earth was destroyed when the humans tried to kill the cyborgs they'd created when the cyborgs rebelled and escaped. Now the Cyborgs, with permission of the Galatic High Council have free rein to pursue the last remnants of the human race and do with them as they see fit. Rorik, a cyborg lieutenant stumbles upon Laina hiding in a ship and he captures her, thinking to get information about the whereabouts of other humans. But when the cyborg doctor on Rorik's ship runs tests on Laina, a genetic anomaly in her hand raises questions and he suddenly wonders if Laina might hold the key to the survival of the cyborg race. Can he learn to trust and love his sworn enemy if it means he might save his people?



And then she saw him, the most beautiful man she'd ever seen. Even though men weren't supposed to be beautiful, he was. Blond hair long enough to run her fingers through, blue eyes that caught hers and swallowed her whole. They were icy eyes, no emotion lingered there, nor did any trace of feeling flit across the chiseled features of his face. He wore fitted black pants that showed long, muscular legs, and a long sleeved black shirt that outlined broad shoulders and a tapered waist.
He was devastating. He was a god.

He was a cyborg.


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20 comments:

  1. Love the last two lines, Lauren.

    Sandra

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  2. Oh wow, Lauren! Talk about drawing us into this beautiful specimen!!! All you do is hook us! I HATE 8 sentence Sundays! ;) Brava!

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    1. LOL, thanks Christi! I'm just getting started on 8 snippet posts for this baby. There's tons more in store for you! :)

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  3. Oooh! Intriguing premise, Lauren! And he is SMOKIN'!

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    1. Thanks Louisa!! I'm glad you like Rorik. He is crazy awesome.

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  4. Well THIS will be interesting! Love the premise for the story, can't wait to read the whole thing. Excellent excerpt!

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    1. Thank you Veronica! I do hope it will be interesting! It's been so fun to write this story so far!

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  5. Hi Lauren, great story premise! Aliens are so much fun to write. There is no burden of proof or accuracy, you know? lol--at least that's why I like to write them. :-)

    Your description is wonderful--except I get tripped up on the word "chiseled". I get an image of an old Superman comic book. Might just be me, but I suspect the word makes the description seem a bit cliche.

    Wonderful 8 full of great imagery! :-)

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  6. Thanks Teresa! I agree on the chiseled, I just wish I could think of another way to say it...sometimes one has to go with cliches if you can't think of anything else lol.

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  7. Interesting premise - am wondering about the abnormaliity..

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    1. Thanks for stopping by Sassyspeaks! I hope you stayed tuned to find out more about the Laina's unique situation!

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  8. Nice description, I especially like the intensity you put in his eyes building the tension there.

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    1. Thank you so much Linda! I'm glad you liked the part about his eyes! I think it's so important to write about a man's eyes.

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  9. Brilliant! And so intriguing ...

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    1. Thanks Ammy! Can't wait to see what you think about the rest!

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  10. Great twist there.

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