One more snippet from the first chapter of Rescue Operation. Note that all Six Sentence Sunday posts can now be accessed from the Index page.
“Is it that serious?” Keishala asked, putting her music tablet down on Lelani’s table. “I mean, I know how you feel about slavery, but there are planets in the Confederation that sell their own citizens. Ginger says it’s a lottery on hers.”
“It’d be every bit that serious,” Emeraude shot back. “Yes, there are planets that accept slavery, but Horizon doesn’t and never has. Anyway, people will accept things from their own governments that they’ll go to war to keep from having imposed on them from outside.”
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Definitely turns up the tension! Great six as always, Sue!
Now you’re seeing what was behind Tod’s situation. (this is from Ch 1, the stuff I had earlier was from Ch 2.)
Nice tension and worldbuilding!
Always enjoy your six Sue Ann….smooth writing:)
Lots of information here but presented in a tight, succinct way. Nice job and great six.
I do have an infodump coming up, but I haven’t yet figured out how to get around it.
intriguing…
The more I learn about this world, the more I want to learn. Great work.
Actually, it’s worlds, with a very wide variety of types of government. The Confederation has some analogies to the UN but with absolute power to intervene in conflicts between planets and between humans and other intelligent species, and absolutely no authority over internal planetary affairs (no declaration of human rights.) (Come to think about it, that’s pretty accurate in practice for the UN.)
I totally agree with Jennifer, great escalation of tension.
Oh, this is very intriguing. And, although not set in “our” world, very current. I really like it!
A good discussion the characters are having and clearly there are some high stakes going on in your universe! Will be fascinating to learn more – terrific excerpt!
New to this story but interplanetary slavery certainly ranks up there as an intriguing conflict to explore.
Great tension and dialog! This is a powerful six, Sue Ann. Nicely done. 🙂
Cool, sets up the overall universe really well. Reminds me of Stacia Kelly’s book, Phyxe: Goddess of Fire.
Fantastic snippet. The last line – how true!