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Continuing with another scene from Wrath of Empire, a prequel to my first novel, Ghosts of Innocence. We hop ahead in the story to meet another key player ...
In the weightlessness of the vast weapon bay, Commander Gregor Pavlenko hung from a guide stanchion and swiveled in a slow three-sixty. The skin on his forehead crinkled in the dry heat, and his eyes pricked. Where he gripped the stanchion, the skin on his palms reddened. He should have worn goggles and gloves for this environment, but he wouldn’t be here long enough to suffer more than discomfort.
He was surrounded by sounds of machinery, voices, the clash of metal on metal, but it all seemed to come from a distance, as if heard through a long pipe. Beneath his feet, the barrel of Wrath of Empire's plasma cannon stretched into the distance, obscured by a bewildering multi-colored maze of machinery. Two thousand feet long, this cannon was the signature weapon of imperial Sword-class battleships. This one weapon was bulkier than the whole of most warships, and could level a city with a single blast.
Happy New Year, everyone. Here’s hoping 2022 brings some relief from the turmoil of 20 and 21!
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Happy New Year, Ian! That is one huge weapon, and your description is fabulous!
Such wonderful details put the reader right into the scene, pricking that shiver of what comes next?
I love the description. You can feel how uncomfortable he is.
I got so caught up in that description. It was a marvelous use of the senses!
Happy New Year, Ian. I do hope 2022 is an improvement. :-)
Well that's certainly fearsome! Enjoyed the snippet, excellent description but not too much.
Happy New Year! I had fun with this description :)
That is one big weapon! Great description.
Happy New Year! That's one huge weapon.
Great description! I could feel his discomfort. I hope that weapon isn't used often. Tweeted.
Hi Ian - gosh I do hope that sort of weapon doesn't exist ... but you do create evocative images and landscapes - and yes he's obviously not enjoying his stand - but I wonder how long he'll be on the stanchion, probably longer than he thinks.
Happy New Year - and enjoy 2022 ... cheers Hilary
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