I'm sharing snippets from my science fiction romance, Mission to New Earth. Three teams are about to launch from Titan (Saturn's moon) beyond our solar system on Christmas Day. The mission: to colonize 3 new planets. The narrator, Sara Grenard, is one team's leader. This snippet begins after the celebration (last week).
Please excuse the creative punctuation, necessary to keep this within the guidelines. It's also edited some from the original.
Marsh sprawled beside me. As usual,
he took up three-quarters of the bed—all relaxed, snoring loud enough to wake
the dead, the hard planes of his face softened in sleep. He slept like he didn’t
have a care in the world, as if he wasn’t going to be crammed into a tube
tomorrow and turned into a humongous ice cube for three years.
I, on the other hand, hadn’t even
closed my eyes since we turned out the lights—fear slithered through my
consciousness, FEAR in capital letters. Despite all the simulations, despite
the training, even though I calmly accepted our mission, I was terrified.
Too late to back out now, as if I would.
Excitement and wonder pushed down
the fear. I reminded myself that out of the hundreds of thousands of
applicants, I was chosen to lead our team on the adventure of a lifetime.
That the people of Earth depended
on us.
Earth’s overpopulation and dwindling resources force the United Earth Space Agency to expedite exploration of new planets for a possible new home. When new crises ensue—a giant tsunami and the threat of nuclear winter—the timeline changes. Eight years of training crammed into four. Sara Grenard and her team prepare for launch, but are they ready for the one-way trip? Will the Goldilocks planet prove just right for Earth’s inhabitants? Before time runs out.
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