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Continuing the opening from The Long Dark, Anna drives a crawler across the surface of a massive plant hundreds of meters deep, and is eyeing up a beacon she needs to retrieve over dodgy terrain.
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She checked the chrono. Plenty of hours of daylight left. “See you for supper. Charlie Tango seven niner, out.”
A quick scan of her surroundings. Glints in the distance reflected coppery sky from a network of catchpools. Beyond, grey shadows marked a series of ridges and a few clouds darkened the horizon, too far to be threatening just yet. To one side, the ground sloped up to merge with the bleached-bone swelling of a structural rib. Safe to travel on, but leading away in the wrong direction.
Anna pursed her lips. If she was going to stow that beacon, she’d have to fetch it the hard way.
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And continued progress with the cover art ...
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18 comments:
Intriguing snippit. Wish I'd read from the first of The Long Dark. The cover art promises to be a good teaser, too.
Wonderful description of the terrain!
What incredible world-building in this book, Ian!
Cover art is looking good. :-)
Love the visuals here. Also the cover looks amazing!
Nightingale, thanks for visiting.
Jessica, thanks.
Teresa, Brittany, cover art is progressing well.
Well the "hard way" may be more trouble for her but I'm sure it'll make good reading for us! Terrific snippet...
As always, your writing is beautifully descriptive! Loving the cover so far too. Keep up the great work! :)
I'm trying to fathom what being on such a huge plant could be like. It's mind-boggling. And your cover art looks like it's impressively ambitious! I wouldn't even attempt something like this. For example, the cover for my upcoming book is simplistic by comparison.
Love the mix of safe/no-so-safe atmosphere you've described!
Veronica, sometimes "hard" means just that :)
Julie, I've always been told that description is one of my strengths.
Ed, the plant is so huge, in many ways it's a bit like being on a normal surface, not obviously plant-like.
Frank, I hadn't looked at it that way, but I see what you mean.
Nice visual excerpt. The hard way is probably interesting to us.
I love the imagery you paint for the reader. Great snippet.
Hi Ian - I certainly wouldn't relish going the hard way - but guess Anna definitely has the tenacity to progress to rescue the beacon. Your art work is just great - take care and all the best - Hilary
Elaine/Karen/Hilary - thank you for visiting. We'll see the "hard way" is just part of daily life on Sponge, but it can get deadly.
Great imagery, Ian. I wish I could illustrate like you. You're awesome at your covers.
Fantastic use of description! She sounds determined, too.
Your cover is very exciting! Are you designing this yourself? I'm impressed.
Denise, having my artwork on a book cover was one of my goals for years.
Dixie, glad the determination is coming through, it's one of her traits :)
Lee, the raw artwork is my design. I turn it over to a professional book designer to turn it into a cover.
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