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Monday, February 5, 2018

Across a Sea of Stars by Michael E. Gonzales – February, 2018 #blogabookscene #Spaceopera #PrairieRosePub @PrairieRosePub #FireStarPress


Across a Sea of Stars by Michael E. Gonzales – February, 2018 #blogabookscene #Spaceopera #PrairieRosePub @PrairieRosePub #FireStarPress

Blog-a-Book-Scene is a monthly themed blogging endeavor from a group of authors who love to share excerpts from their stories. Find us on Twitter with the hashtag #blogabookscene and #PrairieRosePub.

My third novel, Across a Sea of Stars, is now available, and I can’t tell you how excited I am. I hope everyone who reads my story enjoys it as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Almost all the main characters are based on actual people I have known, some I served with. I miss the time I spent on Nazer, and hopefully, you will too.


February’s theme is All you need is love.  The excerpt below is from my Science-Fiction novel, Across a Sea of Stars.


EXCERPT:

"Wow." Cris said.
"Is that an oath?" Tattie asked.
"No—it's just—wow. The moonlight off your face is really bewitching,"
"You think me a Sorgina?"
"No, Tattie, I—"
"You think I've cast a spell on you?"
"I didn't say—"
"Then I'll have to break that spell, won't I?"
Her arms slowly encircled his neck and she kissed him, pulling her body into his. His arms, slowly at first, engulfed her. In their embrace, they slowly sank below the water. Cris hardly noticed. The warmth she brought now exploded inside him. He felt a joy he'd never known, he felt stirrings deep inside his soul that he had never felt or even imagined possible. His desire for her was bound to another feeling he did not recognize; their combined heat melted the two emotions, and together they combined into one. The seething heat of his passion fired a furnace within him that powered a new engine whose pistons hammered in his chest and in his mind.
The water around them seemed to boil and a light formed where their breasts met. The light grew in intensity until the entire pool was aglow.
Tattie and Cris were both blinded by the light's brilliance. Their eyes closed tight, but their lips never parted and the water seemed to evaporate around them. Then the rocks, the forest, and the planet itself all dissolved until they floated free in a swirl of stars. A yellow light ripped the firmament apart and Cris's eyes opened. It was dawn and he and Tattie lay naked upon the water's edge, where they had slept.


Across a Sea of Stars is available on Amazon.

  
Images by Mike Gonzales, one by NASA.


Next month’s theme, “Beware the Ides of March."

Until then,

Mike

Michael E. Gonzales

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