Well, I’m fifty pages into my new novel, so maybe I’ll finish this one and be able to start sending out query letters later this year. I’m pretty happy with how it’s going, so far. Below is just a taste:
Peacock Valley, Pavonis Mons, Mars – 2589 A.D.
A hole in the sky.
That wasn’t what Jake Carpenter expected to encounter when he’d set out flying that day. He’d just wanted to enjoy the sensation of riding the thermals over Lake Burroughs, hitching a free ride until they broke against the top of the sky at the membrane that covered the Pavonis Mons Caldera and protected Peacock Valley from the frigid temperatures and near vacuum normally found at the summit of the third largest volcano in the solar system.
He was just reaching the top of a thermal, almost eight kilometers above the valley floor, when he noticed a strange cloud off towards the northwestern wall of the valley. The cloud was right up against the sky membrane, and it looked like it was pinned in place, roiling and squirming like a trapped thing. He’d never seen anything like it in all his years of flying.
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Hope to post more later.
