Here's a bit of a scene from my space opera Galaxy Rand. I have a soft spot for Galaxy, even though she's "one tough fem":
I raised my glass in a polite salute to my snitch, then leaned across the table toward her and muttered, "J'neen, some bastard's trying his damnedest to kill me!"
Her delicate, dark eyebrows made sharp arches. "Again?"
I scowled at the unwelcome reminder. "This time it's different!"
"Really? How 'different'?"
"This's nothing to do with any two-bit beef. Whoever the fleggin bastard is, he really has it out for me--two tries within a planet-hour! What's worse, I've got no idea in the Cosmos who the hell's behind these damn attacks."
"That does present you with a bit of a problem, Galaxy."
I got impatient and prodded, "Dammit, J'neen! Have you heard anything?"
She gave one quick shake of her dark head. "Not so much as a whisper. Sorry I can't help you, Galaxy."
"That's bad news, real bad news. Means whoever the hell's after me can afford to make damned-sure mouths stay shut. So that lets out the usual riff-raff I deal with."
J'neen's bright eyes widened. "How in hell did you manage to make an enemy that powerful? And who in blazes copuld it be?"
@copyright 2014
That's all for now. More to come later. Or if you can't wait, go to amazon.com and check out their "Look Inside" feature. I promise you a fun, easy read and a couple chuckles.
Thanks for reading!
MRTighe
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