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on Book 1 -Colonization can be found here: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/15769793-colonization
Synopsis (Reconnaissance)
Nova Williams has lost her one shot at Lieutenant hood and
at love. Lieutenant Crophaven has promoted her rival, Andromeda, all because
her lifemate, Sirius, sacrificed their mission to win back Andromeda’s love.
While sneaking out to prove Andromeda is a fake, Nova finds
an alien ship hovering over their colony. Lieutenant Crophaven assigns her to a
reconnaissance mission, giving her a second chance to redeem herself. Sirius
must fly her and a research team to the vessel to decide if they are a threat. Thrown
together with the lifemate that betrayed her, she battles with her own jealousy
while her team battles for their lives.
Can she forgive Sirius in order to save her team and warn
her colony?
Excerpt
A drone, as deep and low as the growl of a primordial beast, resonated in my gut and I yanked my hand away. My heart sped like someone had fired a starter gun to a race, and my chest tightened until I couldn’t breathe.
That blaring blasphemy wasn’t from my ship.
The sound tapered off, leaving me in silence. I stared at the bones, wondering if I’d imagined it, or if I should hide here in the ruins in case the sound came back.
What am I doing? I’m a team expedition leader, for crying out loud!
I pulled myself back together. Everyone else was attending the ceremony on the ship. The thick hull, designed to protect us from deep space, blocked all sounds from the outside world. I was the only one who would have heard it. The only one who could investigate. I thought about going back for help, but every second I delayed, the source of the sound could disappear. Besides, I didn’t want the credit taken away from me. Not this time.
I scrambled to the window and climbed over the ledge, throwing myself down so fast my ankles exploded in pain. Cursing, I hobbled up the embankment of the excavation site. The sound boomed around me, vibrating the crystals underneath my feet. I fell to my knees and covered my ears. It reminded me of warping metal, growling monsters, and screeching alarms all at the same time.
The sound came from the jungle. I pulled myself up the incline and peered over the edge. A dry, fiery breeze blew my hair back, and I looked above the rustling canopy.
My heart stammered then beat into a frenzy. A massive ring of a ship, twice as large as the New Dawn, hovered over the jungle. Spires jutted from the top and the bottom, like a two-sided pin cushion. Blinking reddish lights adorned the ends. The hull was a dull gray shield of impenetrable metal with no sight panels or markings of any kind.
The buzzing sound made my eardrums throb. I pressed my nose up against the crystal ledge and peered over as my whole body shook. The lowest spire, thick as a nuclear reactor, lengthened from the belly of the ship until the tip hovered a meter from the jungle canopy. A trap door opened, and a beam of white light seared a hole in the foliage. The smell of burnt vines choked my throat, and I cowered against the side of the ledge.
I have to warn the ship.
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Guest Post: Why I Chose the title Reconnaissance?
Why I Chose
the Title Reconnaissance
The title
for book 2 in my Paradise Reclaimed
trilogy was very difficult for me to choose. I had to match the title from the
first book, Colonization. But, the
point of book 2 is not colonizing the planet any longer. They conquered the
planet. They’re building their colony. So where would the next threat lie?
From off
planet, of course.
I thought:
maybe they weren’t the only species interested in such a rich mineral/crystal
planet. Maybe someone else had their eye, or shall we say multiple “eyes” as in
three, on Paradise 21.
That’s when
I thought of the impenetrable alien ship hovering over the jungle.
What if the colonists
had to send out people on a mission in investigate?
Merriam
Webster online defines “reconnaissance” as “a preliminary
survey to gain information; especially : an exploratory military survey of enemy territory.” Since the
colony is run under a military-esque command, I thought this title fit
perfectly.
So, I just had to get over how to spell it without using spell check- which took a long time- too long in my opinion! And then I checked to make sure no other books had the same title. In turned out there’s a Magic the Gathering Card with the title: Magic: the Gathering - Reconnaissance - Exodus, and a few non-fiction books, but nothing close to the book I had in mind. So, reconnaissance it was!
My question to you is: What do you think of when you hear
the title Reconnaissance? What do you
expect the book to be about?
About The Author
Aubrie grew up watching the original Star Wars movies over
and over again until she could recite and reenact every single scene in her
backyard. She also loved The Goonies, Star Trek the Next Generation-favorite
character was Data by far-, and Indiana Jones. But, her all time favorite movie
was The Last Unicorn. She still wonders why the unicorn decided to change back
to a unicorn in the end.
Aubrie wrote in her junior high yearbook that she wanted to
be "A concert flutist" when she grew up. When she made that happen,
she decided one career was not enough and embarked as a fantasy, sci fi author.
Two careers seems to keep her busy. For now.
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