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Friday, 11 March 2011

Book Blurb Friday 11 March

The lovely Lisa at Writing in the Buff hosts Book Blurb Friday. Each week Lisa posts a pretend book cover to fire our imaginations. Our task is to write the book blurb for the back cover in 150 words or less.


Nemesis



Mankind’s first encounter with alien intelligent lifeforms, on the planet Silva in the Callyan system, was a disaster. The Dryads, who manifest as bright coruscations in the trees, had appeared benign at first, but then, without warning, turned against the First Contact’s crew. Only three survived.

Now Captain Lori Peterson and a team of handpicked experts have been sent to Silva to investigate and make peace with the Dryads. After a promising start, they are on a reconnaissance flight to find the original base, when their craft unaccountably crashes.

Miraculously the crew survive, but not without cutting a swathe of destruction through the trees. When her engineer finds evidence of sabotage, Lori realises she must face the anger of the Dryads with a traitor at her back. Her only hope of survival is to reach the First Contact base, but someone doesn’t want it found.


Only just under the limit at 145 words.

25 comments:

  1. Where do you get these ideas? I cannot do Science Fiction so my hat's off to you!

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  2. Oooh....this sounds like a great read! I like that the captain is a woman. :)

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  3. Fantasy at its best Dominic! I went a very different route, although like you I saw other life forms first... LOL!

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  4. "Only someone doesn't want it found." A great line, since it's chock-full of suspense.

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  5. Dominic, this is wonderful! I just love this new meme of Lisa's!

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  6. HEY, Dom...

    This is great! I didn't know you wrote sci-fi...

    Hop over to my blog tomorrow, I am featuring your story for my Earthly Angels post...

    Michael

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  7. This is great. Dryads? More please.

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  8. What a fantastic exercise! Thanks for the link to that blog. Your book blurb was lovely and interesting! Nice job.

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  9. This is amazing, Dom - I'm completely hooked! Plus, I've learned a new word today in coruscations!

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  10. Now I wouldn't have put this pic as a sci-fi novel but you've convinced me!!!! Yay!!!

    Take care
    x

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  11. I bow down before you, Dom. How did you find the sci-fi angle? I eneded up doing a chick-lit type blurb.

    I loved your take on the picture - a novel I'd like to read!

    Book Blurb Friday

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  12. You could write the whole book! :0

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  13. Nice job. Creates both interest and suspense right off.

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  14. This promises to be a real page-turner - the sweaty palms sort!

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  15. Ooh, it sounds like there's a lot of danger and suspense! I love books about what might happen if people met up with aliens, so I'd definitely pick it up!

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  16. SciFi is one of my favorite genres and you've got it captured! Love it!

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  17. Amazing you got all that out of a picture of...trees. Love it.

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  18. Ah! Now, I want to read this story!!!

    I've seen the book blurb around and didn't know what it was about. Hmmmm, I wonder if I might give it a try...

    However, it will be difficult to live up to your ability :)

    Have a great weekend!

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  19. This is a great writing prompt idea because it does the double job of helping us figure out how to write a good pitch.

    Jai

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  20. How scientific is science fiction, Dom? As it is fiction, can't we invent our science to go with it? Idle questions, however, as I cannot imagine me writing science fiction. It would be science friction, I'm afraid.
    Yours flows nicely and believably. I like that. (But I think it is cut a swath, not a swathe, although swathe sounds like something that should be cut with a scythe, doesn't it?)
    It's past my bedtime. I'm going to shut up now.
    Keep up the good work, Dom. We need you.
    -- K

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  21. Don't Captain Peterson know that one should never annoy a Dryad? Good job!

    Pat
    www.critteralley.blogspot.com

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  22. I think you did a wonderful job and the book sounds amazing. Very intense and suspenseful. Great post. Thanks.

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  23. You have a great hook here. The suspense mounts.

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