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I’ve picked 8 sentences from my second published book, Tourist Trap. The group is hang gliding off a major escarpment to the plains below. Roi is the last of the group to take off, because of his telekinetic ability to help the others if needed, and has been admiring the jewel-colored gliders as they turn north along the mountain front to take advantage of the updraft it is producing. Incidentally, Roi’s perception allows him to “feel” the thermals.
The cliff was beautifully streamlined, and the air beneath Roi flowed as smoothly as honey. The cliff rim was dropping behind him, and the plains spread to the end of the world ahead, dotted with the warm columns of rising thermals. He could fly beyond the horizon on a day like this, he thought exultantly, fly to the lake that lay somewhere at the end of the lazy curves traced by the Surprise far below. He pulled in slightly on the control bar, accelerating to turn northward after the others.
The wing nosed over, diving so abruptly toward the toe of the slope that Roi was caught by surprise. Startled, he pushed out hard, using his whole body to throw his weight as far back as he could. Slowly, reluctantly, the wing leveled out into steady flight. Then, as swiftly as it had dived, it tried to leap upward into a stall.
What’s happening? He just test-flew the glider yesterday, with no hint of a problem!
Tourist Trap is available from Barnes and Noble or Amazon. The blurb:
A vacation with his three best friends from slavery and a manhood challenge: Roi is given the graduation present he has dreamed of. Dogsledding, hang gliding, a chance to see Pleistocene animals transplanted to a Terraformed vacation world, horseback riding, sailing … all the sports he has returned to with his recovery from paralysis, and a few new ones to learn.
They’re prepared for danger from weather, wild animals and extreme sports. But none of them realize that Roi’s half brother Zhaim, determined to recover his old position as Lai’s heir, intends to kill them if he can—and he’s decided that the dangers of the trip will make a perfect cover for his schemes.
How long will it take them to realize that the “accidents” they keep running into are more than just accidents?
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