As far as setup, Aston's ship has just landed at the Torian orbital station (those who've read Heroes Die Young will recognize it) and his good friend Rione Sc'lari is rushing to meet him and just entered his ship:
Aston lay haphazard on the cot along the near wall, unmoving. A makeshift bandage covered his left shoulder, torn from sheets piled on the floor. Everything under him and below the cot was coated dark red.
“Aston!” she called, but received no response. Her breath formed misty vapor clouds as she rushed to his side. Shoving his body had no effect, either. Her entire body shook violently, not from the cold, but from building fear.
His breath wasn’t visible as hers was, so she reached up to his throat. Expecting the worst, she felt for signs of life. At first, she found nothing, then pushing a little deeper, a flicker of hope rose as she finally found faint beats, shallow and slow.
Ooooh, terrible - but there is hope. I hope that things get better from here, and that the title doesn't mean what it says in this case ...
ReplyDeleteOooh, that does not sound good tho. :(
ReplyDeleteOh, he'll be fine (right?) :)
ReplyDeleteCrikey, hope he's all right. Well described snippet, there!
ReplyDeleteHe'll be fine...he's Aston, star-boy! But like true Aston, poor guy, he can never catch a break. Sounds good, and I can't wait for this to be released!
ReplyDeleteBeing it's the prologue, I sure hope he makes it...it'd be a pretty short book otherwise. :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, everyone!
Uh-oh, what has befallen poor Aston?
ReplyDeleteThose who've read FRIENDS IN DEED know... ;-)
ReplyDeleteUh oh.
ReplyDeleteGreat snippet - really tense. I want to read more.
Great excerpt. I thought the prologue on that was terrific.
ReplyDeleteHopefully when I finish up edits, the whole thing will be terrific too. ;-)
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