Muse Food – Light-Reflecting Spiders And Other Alien Inspiration
I spotted this little spider in the backyard garden.
You can’t truly see it in this photo but she reflects light. Her body is like a tiny green-tinted mirror. She is so, so beautiful and I suspect she uses that beauty to disorient her prey.
There are ‘alien’ creatures all around us, especially hidden behind leaves and on branches. If you are seeking inspiration or ideas, look down or up or to the side. (smiles)
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon AUS:
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Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/1508730
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Drift Would – Fourth Scene Of The First Chapter
Drift Would, the second core story in the Dauntless Cyborgs series, releases next week! Woot!
Today, I’m sharing the fourth and final scene from the very first chapter.
You can read the first scene here:
https://tasteofcyn.com/?p=12015
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“This is where we leave you, Pilot Drift, Medic Cure.” The female slowed her ship’s speed even more and shifted its trajectory. “It should be smooth flying to Syndiculous 5. The Ministers of Intergalactic Relations have redirected all other flights.”
Strike and his female were aware of the urgency of their mission.
“Thank you for your assistance.” Drift dipped his head.
“It was an honor, Pilot Drift.” The female smiled and ended the communication. The image of her face disappeared from the main viewscreen.
“She would be a great genetic match for one of our brethren.” Drift liked the female.
“Your conversation was relayed via the transmission lines.” Cure pointed his handheld at him. “None of our brethren reacted to her voice.”
Cyborgs identified their genetic matches though voice or scent or touch.
“That’s our loss.” Drift shook his head and increased his speed.
“Nanocybotic production is increasing.” Cure tapped his fingertips against his device.
There was a 95.2369 percent probability the medic was registering that response in his databases.
“My nanocybotics project I’ll soon damage myself.” Drift chuckled. “They don’t have confidence in my flying abilities.”
“Our nanocybotics respond to our processing.” Cure corrected him. “You project you might damage yourself.”
“The possibility of crashing is part of the fun of flying.” Drift laughed with pure joy. They were traveling at organic brain-spinning speeds.
He wasn’t concerned about dying. Frag. He had faced death millions of times during Humanoid Alliance training and the subsequent battles he’d fought for those horrid beings.
Living was more of a priority for him. And he never felt more alive than when he was flying all-out in a ship optimized for speed.
“You speak as though you’re damaged.” Cure pointed the handheld at him again. “But your scans are within spec.”
Drift laughed harder, and he gunned the modified freighter’s engines.
Moments passed.
Drift flew with no restrictions other than the capabilities of his ship. He was enjoying himself.
Cure, however, was quiet. That was unlike him.
“What’re you processing?” Drift darted a glance at the medic.
“It isn’t vital to the mission.” Cure stared at the main viewscreen.
It might not be vital to the mission, but Drift projected it would be interesting. And it would relay more intel about his partner. “Tell me.”
Silence stretched.
Drift decreased the probability Cure would share his processing to 0.2358 percent.
“On the Dauntless—” The medic surprised him by speaking. “—when Captain asked about my contact on Cancri B, I relayed on the transmission line that the medic there said he’d dealt with scanners with more empathy.”
Their topic of chatter widened Drift’s eyes.
Cure wasn’t the type of cyborg to dwell on a conversation.
“I processed that as a compliment.” The medic’s tone contained certainty that he was correct. “Grid processed it as an insult.”
“Humans and humanoids value empathy in their medics.” Drift deleted all the humor from his voice. It was a serious situation for Cure, and he would treat it that way. “There’s a high probability your friend was teasing you.”
“That medic is not my friend.” The emotion in Cure’s response caused Drift to blink. “I’ll play that part of our communication.”
Drift slowed their ship’s speed. His instincts told him he’d need to give the recording a significant part of his processing power.
“You would say that to a patient?” That recorded comment was followed by a simulated snort. “I’ve dealt with scanners with more empathy.”
“I would tell that patient there was a 99.8923 percent probability she’d be dead within two planet rotations.” Cure shrugged. “It was the truth.”
Most cyborgs had faced the prospect of near-certain death at least once in their long lifespans. They had been manufactured to fight battles and death was a significant part of war.
“Humans and humanoids process differently.” They hadn’t been fabricated with the knowledge others viewed them as being disposable. “The statement was an insult.” Drift paused. “And it was delivered in a manufactured voice.”
“I process he utilizes a manufactured voice.” Cure’s words were, once again, scrubbed of all -emotion.
“Are you 100.0000 percent certain the medic is a he?” Drift didn’t share that certainty.
“The attributes of the voice he chose align with those of a male speaker in 86.1482 percent of all instances.” The medic blasted him with data. “88.2235 percent of beings choose a voice that originates from the same biological sex as they do.”
“You’ve assumed the medic is male.” Drift had, in contrast, received confirmation from Strike that his contact was male.
“That’s the logical conclusion.” Cure returned his attention to his handheld.
The universe and the beings within it were rarely logical.
There was a high probability the medic would soon be reminded of that fact.
Drift kept that projection to himself.
He increased the modified freighter’s speed and threw himself into the circuit-buzzing thrill of going very, very fast.
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
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Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
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https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 14
This week, I shared the third scene of the first chapter of Drift Would, the second core story in the Dauntless Cyborgs series. That means there is only 2 weeks and 2 days until this action-packed cyborg romance releases! Woot!
I have almost…almost completed the first draft of Claiming Cure, the third core story in the Dauntless Cyborgs series (releasing in November). Everyone who should be alive is alive…thus far. And that’s a very good sign. (grins)
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Touch a touchable plant. Feel the green, as I think of it. (smiles) Wonder at that life against your skin, at that link to the universe. We’ll all connected to that plant, to the planet, to each other. None of us is ever alone. Not truly.
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
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Amazon Canada:
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Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
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https://www.smashwords.com/books/1508730
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Drift Would And Road Trip Food
Nourishment bars were packed for Drift and Cure’s mission aka dangerous road trip across space. Cyborgs don’t need beverage but some containers of beverage were packed with the hope they’d find their genetic matches.
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I always pack beverages and snacks for our road trips also. We like having the option of not stopping anywhere and snacking tends to keep us awake.
We freeze bottles of water and drinking boxes of juice. These serve as freezer packs for our coolers. Then we have unfrozen bottles of water and cans of juices/soda/pop for drinking while the frozen beverages thaw.
Our snacks are usually little bits of things. Jelly Belly jelly beans and peanut M&Ms give us sugar boosts. We like blueberries and strawberries, assorted nuts, celery sticks, apples, raisins, dried cranberries, other nibblies. A variety of taste profiles keep us awake and makes the trip more interesting.
What do you bring on road trips?
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
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https://www.smashwords.com/books/1508730
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Drift Would And Giving Gifts To Beings Who Value Them
In the first chapter of Drift Would, Repercussion wants to gift his beloved missile launcher to the mission.
He considers giving it to Cure. Then he rejects that notion.
Because he feels Cure, being a medic, won’t value the weapon. His gift wouldn’t be appreciated.
Repercussion decides to give it to Drift.
And he is right to do that. Drift recognizes the sentiment, the meaning behind the gift and he is emotionally touched by it.
We should always try to give our gifts – whether they are prized possessions, our time or our love – to beings who will appreciate them.
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
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https://www.smashwords.com/books/1508730
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Throwback Thursday – Dark Cure
It is apt that this week’s Throwback Thursday pick is Dark Cure as Claiming Cure is my next release.
Cure, the cyborg, doesn’t appear in Dark Cure.
I chose the title, Dark Cure, before I met him.
And I never thought Cure, the cyborg, would have his own story.
But he DOES have his own story.
And now the two titles are super confusing. Oops! Sorry about that!
Dark Cure is not directly connected to Claiming Cure.
A warrior seeking forever faces a medic living in the moment.
Gisella, the Refuge’s medic, is dedicated to her role. She doesn’t have the space in her lifespan for love, a mate, or children. Healing is her entire focus.
But she’s also a female in her prime. She has needs, wants, cravings…especially for a scarred, long-haired barbarian warrior temporarily residing in the settlement. One fierce, soul-blasting, passion-filled encounter is all she is willing to give him before she returns to her duties.
Oghul, a Chamele Warlord’s Second-In-Command, has waited his entire lifespan to find his gerel, the being fated to be his. He’s thrilled to discover she wants him as savagely as he yearns for her.
His little human medic appeals to his primitive possessive side. Greatly. He wants to stamp his ownership all over her bountiful curves, take her back to his home planet, claim his fiery female permanently.
When Carinae E’s solitary sun rises, two determined beings with very different desires find their lifespans entwined. Their battle for emotional supremacy will span systems and alter destinies.
The universe will never be the same.
Dark Cure is a STANDALONE SciFi Romance set in a gritty, dark world.
Buy Now:
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Leading Others Into Danger
Roshini, the human heroine in Drift Would, takes on extremely dangerous missions. That’s…challenging.
But she also leads others on some of these dangerous missions. For me, that would be MORE challenging.
I’ll risk my life if the cause is strong enough. I would find it dang difficult to ask other beings to risk their lives also.
***
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
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https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
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https://www.smashwords.com/books/1508730
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Muse Food – Announcing Where You Are
The Dear Wonderful Hubby and I have noticed that many tourist destinations now have Instagram-worthy signs erected with place names on it. These signs announce where the person is.
When characters arrive at a destination in our stories, there are also signs indicating where they are.
They are usually not so blatant. Passing through gates might announce the characters have arrived at a settlement. A security check might announce the characters have entered local-controlled space. A landing pad might communicate the characters are officially on a planet.
These signs are important both to the characters and to our readers.
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
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https://www.smashwords.com/books/1508730
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Drift Would – Third Scene Of The First Chapter
The countdown to Drift Would’s release day continues! I’m sharing scenes from the first chapter as we wait for its release on July 23rd.
You can read the first scene of the first chapter here:
https://tasteofcyn.com/?p=12015
This week I’m sharing the third scene.
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“You might need more firepower.” Repercussion grabbed the missile launcher that had been strapped to his back. “I gave one of these to Second.” He gazed down at the weapon and sighed. “It’s a duplicate of the missile launcher Captain’s female wields.”
Captain’s female was a Valkyrie. Her kind were fierce warriors and had excellent taste in weapons.
Repercussion looked at Drift. His gaze shifted to Cure. Then it returned to Drift.
“You should take it.” He held the missile launcher out to Drift.
“I can’t take it, my friend.” Drift was honored by the gesture. The weapon meant something to the male. “It’s yours.”
“I can modify another one.” Repercussion shrugged. “It took me fifteen planet rotations to do that properly with the first one. This second one took twelve planet rotations. The next one should take an even shorter duration.” He gave Drift a sheepish smile. “And you’ll need it to protect your genetic match.”
Drift didn’t project he’d meet his genetic match. “Our mission is to destroy the weapon the Humanoid Alliance is fabricating.”
“You’ll need it for that also.” The male beamed. “You can never have too many missile launchers.”
Repercussion loved to fight.
As did Drift.
They were cyborgs. Their kind was manufactured for battle. Waging war pleased their design.
And both Drift and Cure had to prepare for conflict.
The Humanoid Alliance processed only one language – violence. The enemy wouldn’t allow their superweapon to be destroyed without a fight.
“We can never have too many missile launchers.” Drift accepted the gift.
The weapon would add more weight, but it was necessary.
He slid the missile launcher into the cargo hold.
***
By the time Drift and Cure left the battle station, the cargo hold of their modified freighter was full. Cure had stocked the space with more medical supplies. Repercussion had supplied them with additional weapons. And Yum had provided them with another container of Pirx berry-flavored nourishment bars because, he shared with Drift, females liked them.
Despite the added weight, the modified freighter, with its improved engines, reached giddily fast speeds during the first portion of the voyage. Drift didn’t have sufficient open space to truly test the engines’ capabilities, but he was thrilled with the results thus far.
When they reached the debris field, he had a smile plastered across his face.
He also had sensors stuck all over his form, including the insides of his cheeks. Cure had decided to run a series of experiments, and Drift was his test subject.
As long as it didn’t interfere with the speeds they reached and it made the medic happy, Drift tolerated the poking and prodding. Though he was grateful Grid and Argot and the rest of his brethren weren’t present to see him looking like a fraggin’ fool.
“Your heartrate is decreasing.” Cure pointed his handheld at Drift.
“I’m slowing our ship.” Drift, unfortunately, had to do that. Strike, via transmission, had informed them that Strike’s female’s kind would be contacting them before they entered the debris field. “The Syndiculs should be—”
The lights on the modified freighter’s console flashed.
“That must be them now.” Drift opened communications.
“You have entered space temporarily controlled by Syndiculous 5.” A human female’s face appeared on the main viewscreen. Her gaze met his for two heartbeats and then shifted upward. “Identify yourself.”
“This is Drift and Cure.” He answered for both of them. “Strike, our brethren, has obtained authorization for us to cross the debris field.”
“Pilot Drift. Medic Cure.” The female smiled. “Yes. We’ve been notified of your request.” Her gaze returned to his forehead. “The Ministers of Intergalactic Relations have also informed us that speed is of the essence.”
“Speed is essential.” And it was greatly enjoyed. Drift smiled back at her.
The female said nothing. She continued to stare at his forehead.
“It’s a sensor,” Drift explained.
“What?” The female’s cheeks flushed with pink pigment. “I mean…what is a sensor, Pilot Drift?”
“The blue square stuck to the middle of my forehead is a sensor, my new human friend.” Drift grinned. He must look like a disaster. “All my responses during this voyage are being monitored to benefit cyborg science.”
“Cyborg medical science.” Cure corrected him. The fool appeared pleased with himself.
“Cyborg medical science.” Drift laughed. “Give Medic Cure a couple more moments and he’ll have you hooked up to sensors also.”
The female’s eyes widened. “A path has been blasted through the debris field,” she hurriedly told him. “Follow our ship and we’ll lead you through it.”
She really didn’t want to end up looking like him. Drift struggled to contain his mirth. “We’re following your ship.”
They weren’t following it quickly.
The human female was flying a standard EE284 survey ship. And she flew it cautiously.
But they traveled faster through the debris field than Strike had flown, according to the database. There was wreckage on both sides of them. Strike would have navigated through cluttered space similar to that. Their path, in contrast, was clear, it was direct and it was safe.
It was also unexciting. Even the mines that had been set along the far edge of the floating wasteland had been removed.
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Read the next scene (available July 15th) here:
https://tasteofcyn.com/?p=12021
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
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https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
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Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
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https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
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Cynthia Sax Weekly Update – July 7
I shared the second scene of the first chapter of Drift Would, the second core story in the Dauntless Cyborgs series, this week! Ohhh…we’re getting closer and closer to release day and I’m super excited about that. I can’t wait for you to read this story!
I continue to slowly, slowly, slowly craft the first draft of Claiming Cure, the third core story in the Dauntless Cyborgs series (releasing in November). My excitement is building for this story also. There’s SO much action…and love…and a few jokes.
Have a wonderful week, my friends. (big hugs) Get excited about something. It could be the plans you have for a quiet evening at home or the ice cream cone you got at the beach or the first bird song of the day. Passion is great. It makes life more…well…exciting. (laughs)
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
***
Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
***
Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
Pre-Order Today:
Amazon US:
https://www.amazon.com/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon UK:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon AUS:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Amazon Canada:
https://www.amazon.ca/Drift-Would-Dauntless-Cyborgs-Book-ebook/dp/B0CSJQC36S
Apple Books:
https://books.apple.com/us/book/drift-would/id6476230561
B&N:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/drift-would-cynthia-sax/1144659255
Kobo:
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/drift-would
Smashwords:
https://www.smashwords.com/books/1508730
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