In the 23rd Century in the galaxy of Sigma
Kappa, Kim Fortune was the first surviving experimental enhanced human—a
regenerate. Aged fifteen, he escaped the lab and years later, his failings as a
regenerate and the suspicion of regular humans, leave him lonely and lacking in
self-worth. Stranded on an abandoned planet, the arrival of a stricken ship and
its crew give him hope that he may finally find what he always longed for—love.
Christian Novak is a successful regenerate
with all the intended attributes—including lack of human emotion. Despite their
immediate attraction to each other, Kim's failing confidence, and Christian's
inability to empathize are a recipe for disaster. But war, imprisonment, and
danger throw them together, and after each saves the other's life, their
feelings begin to change.
Can a seemingly unsuitable pair ever find
love, or is a future together destined to fail?
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Excerpt:
A few hundred meters above, a ship
turned in a slow flat spin, its underside parallel to the ground. The stricken
ship shuddered ominously, tilted one way, then leveled out again. The vehicle
appeared similar to the Explorer 9—one of the more recent models, with its
smooth curves and reflective surfaces, powered by the same laser propulsion
system as its predecessor. Its struggle continued for several minutes with the gap
between land and ship gradually lessening. My heart in my mouth, I waited for
the imminent crash, hoping the travelers would make it safely and that their
ship wouldn't be too badly damaged. After six months, finally a possibility of
escape had arrived.
In a few more seconds it was over.
The craft rolled to the side and dropped out of sight behind the facility, its
impact making the ground tremble beneath my feet. I imagined the possible
damage to the ship. It hadn't fallen far and the Explorer series was designed
to withstand heavy impact. Surely the craft would still be serviceable, and its
crew reasonably unharmed.
I gazed around me as a flurry of
yellowish clouds scurried ahead of the wind. In a minute or two they’d block
the sun. If any panthers were in the vicinity, they’d smell flesh and come
looking for its source. I stayed where I was and waited, wondering what the
ship’s inhabitants’ chances of survival were when they emerged from the
vehicle.
I considered fetching more weapons
and heading out to meet them, but I had no way of knowing who they were, or
where they'd come from. Walking into potential danger didn't appeal, as
desperate as I was for company and transport.
The sky darkened and I moved back
into the doorway. Priming my pistol to prepare for potential attack, I
repeatedly glanced left and right. There was no sign of the cats yet, but the
cloud cover was set to stay for a while, and it was only a matter of time
before one or more of them came out.
Eventually, I heard a sound, faint
above the howl of the wind. Voices, thin and disjointed, reached my straining
ears. The first figure appeared around the far corner of the building, moving
in a low crouch in an effort not to be blown over in the gale. I couldn’t make
out whether it was a male or female, but as it made its way along the side of
the structure, several more followed. I counted five in total—a surprisingly
small crew for an Explorer. Perhaps some had died in the crash. The relief was
that they clearly weren't soldiers. Even after so many years, I still feared
I'd be found one day, and punished for my escape from my creators.
Author Bio
Louise
Lyons comes from a family of writers. Her mother has a number of poems
published in poetry anthologies, her aunt wrote poems for the church, and her
grandmother sparked her inspiration with tales of fantasy.
Louise
first ventured into writing short stories at the grand old age of eight, mostly
about little girls and ponies. She branched into romance in her teens, and MM
romance a few years later, but none of her work saw the light of day until she
discovered FanFiction in her late twenties. Posting stories based on some of
her favourite movies, provoked a surprisingly positive response from readers.
This gave Louise the confidence to submit some of her work to publishers, and
made her take her writing "hobby" more seriously.
Louise
lives in the UK, about an hour north of London, with a mad dog called Casper, and
a collection of tropical fish and tarantulas. She works in the insurance
industry by day, and spends every spare minute writing. She is a keen horse-rider,
and loves to run long-distance. Some of her best writing inspiration comes to
her, when her feet are pounding the open road. She often races home afterward,
and grabs pen and paper to make notes.
Louise
has always been a bit of a tomboy, and one of her other great loves is cars and
motorcycles. Her car and bike are her pride and job, and she loves to exhibit
the car at shows, and take off for long days out on the bike, with no one for
company but herself.
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