While surveying Adrasteia, an earth-sized moon, Kira makes a huge discovery that would later have an impact on her life. She is a xenobiologist and dreams of exploring the space. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. The Mary Sue has a strict comment policy that forbids, but is not limited to, personal insults toward anyone, hate speech, and trolling.These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. Want more stories like this? Become a subscriber and support the site! To Sleep in a Sea of Stars will be released September 15, 2020. Her heels drummed against the floor, and she felt her head slam against the deck, again and again. Whatever he injected didn’t seem to have any effect. Then Fizel pressed the hypo against her shoulder. She tried to reply, but all she succeeded in doing was uttering a strangled whimper. Farther back, Jenan, Yugo, and Seppo were pinning her legs to the floor, while Ivanova and Marie-Élise helped Neghar away from the clot on the deck. She forced her eyes open and, with blurry vision, saw Alan and, behind him, Fizel leaning toward her with a hypo. They gripped her arms and legs, holding them in place. The muscles of her face cramped with the force of her rictus, and tears leaked from the corners of her eyes. Her body relaxed for a second, and she took a single, gasping breath before going rigid and loosing a silent howl. She thrashed again, and she was on her stomach, her cheek pressed flat against the hard surface.
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Her skin was burning, and it felt as if her veins were filled with acid and her flesh was tearing itself from her limbs.ĭark shapes blocked the light overhead as people moved around her. She screamed again she screamed so hard her voice broke and a slick of hot blood coated her throat. She arched her back and thrashed, clawing at the floor, desperate to escape the onslaught of agony. And within the furrows, she saw another something twitch. Her nails had carved furrows in her flesh, crimson gashes that ended with crumpled strips of skin. Her arm was burning: thin lines of fire squirming across her skin. Alan retreated toward Kira, never taking his eyes off the unformed lump. It twitched like a clump of muscle hit with an electrical current. Kira dug her fingers into her arm, scrubbing at it as a scream of revulsion threatened to erupt out of her. You can preorder To Sleep in a Sea of Stars and check out our special micro-excerpt below to get a taste of what the story is about:
Epic space battles for the fate of humanity take her to the fa rthest reaches of the galaxy and, in the process, transform not only her ― but the entire course of history. This epic novel follows Kira Navárez, who, during a routine survey mission on an uncolonized planet, finds an alien relic that thrusts her into the wonders and the nightmares of first contact. Her odyssey will carry her to the far reaches of the galaxy.Įarth and her colonies are on the brink of annihilation. While exploring a distant planet, she discovers an alien relic that thrusts her into an epic journey of transformation and discovery. Kira Navárez dreamed of finding life on new worlds.
Now, the author is returning with a new novel: To Sleep in a Sea of Stars.
Author Christopher Paolini became a famous name in fantasy after publishing The Inheritance Cycle from 2003-2011.
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