It’s Sunday again, and time for Weekend Writing Warriors (click on the logo above) and Snippet Sunday (click on the logo below.) Today I’m posting 8 sentences from my first published book, Homecoming available in all formats from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and iUniverse.
Continued from last week: Nik is speaking to Derik.
“And you’re dead right about the muscle tone. He’s moving his body entirely by telekinesis and levitation – no muscle control at all. I didn’t catch on because he wouldn’t let me into his mind, I didn’t think he was capable of that kind of esper control, and I was giving him some electrical stimulation to keep the muscles from wasting too much until he regained control. Five months without that – he’s a mess physically.”
“And he’s obviously not properly blocked,” Derik added. He was thinking faster than he could move, stunned by Nik’s insistence that they’d caught only a fraction of the boy’s possible reaction. Like Lai and Nik, he had assumed that the boy was a latent – carrying almost the full suite of R’il’nian genes, but expressing only a fraction of them. He’d caught only a fraction of the reaction – not nearly as much as Nik.
And even that fraction was enough to flatten Derik.
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nlce job…l can feel the characters’ tenslon.
And Roi doesn’t know what’s going on, either.
I like this snippet. I see the tension as subtle but very much there. What’s that boy really capable of? I’m definitely curious now.
Quite a lot more than he’s aware of.
What a mystery! So many questions and few answers all from your extraordinary imagination.
The answers are farther along in the book.
Really fascinating about the muscle tone issues. I never considered how an esper could be “lazy” physically by compensating with his or her power. I always love the well thought out details in your stories. I also like how much his friends care about him, powers or not. Great snippet!
I don’t think lazy is quite the word. As far as he knows he’s totally paralyzed and compensating by using esper.
Not physically using his muscles would make him one floppy weak mess alright. Interesting to see their astonishment at his ability…and will be fun to see how they all handle this realization.
Well, they have some changing of their ideas ahead.
Sounds like everyone has to adjust their thinking – once their brains start working again! I’m looking forward to more of this.
Especially Derik, who was named as one of Roi’s guardians while Roi’s father was away before anyone even suspected Roi’s abilities.
Another glimpse into the fascinating way you’ve used esper abilities to further the storyline. Simply wonderful book!
Esper abilities and the morality of using them are a major part of the book.
Hmm, sounds like a different part of the brain is controlling his movements–esper vs. instructions to the muscles.
Problem is, he didn’t understand what Nik was trying to get him to do.
Moving his body with his mind? Reminds me a little of a paralyzed telekinetic from Anne McCaffrey’s To Ride Pegasus…
Except with a lot more powers, obviously. I hope they manage to sort his power issues out!
At least he’s beginning to believe them a little.
That’s the problem with supernatural power… it can make you lazy! Great insight into this issue, and great eight!
Roi is in fact using enormous energy to pretend he can move normally; he just hasn’t figured out a better way of doing it.
This huge telekinetic power is fascinating.
Especially since he seems not to be able to control it.
I’m guessing he has all the abilities, then? Oh, poor Roi—misdiagnosed and untrained.
I know he gets better (it helps to read ahead!) but I still feel for him.
Lots of abilities, but not as much raw power as some. And what he has is not controlled at this point.
Love the powers and the struggles with them. Tense scene. Enjoyed your 8! 🙂
Glad you like it.