I love the idea that mankind becomes a cosmic nuisance and an alien race seeks to follow the proper protocols for lodging complaints! I hope to read some drafted material soon!
The Xarpaxen alien race contacts Libby Evans, interim Director of Human Resources at the largest company in the world. The Xarpaxens are ready to take rightful ownership of Earth’s most valuable resource, the humans, and they’ll need Libby’s help.
I am definitely interested in the slats and how they function/are divided. I love fiction that tackles classism and segregation and wonder in what ways do you see your novel addressing questions like this? Also, I wonder about SeeSaw - it seems obvious that you may have named the character this for the symbolic implications (scales of justice, etc) but I was wondering if you wanted to comment on that in some way within chapter one to guide first time readers a bit? Thanks for sharing this, move over Stephen King with your paltry Children of the Corn...We now have a whole planet!
“I worry about you, son. You seem determined to ruin your own life with your rebellious behavior and seditious attitudes. Do you not realize that the slats were created with zones for a reason?
I have not read Rise yet, so I am out of the loop. But I read this anyway, because I thought you might want to know what a first impression without the context of the previous book might be like! I did feel a bit lost regarding characters that obviously have major backstory in the first book, but that said, I was compelled enough to read the whole chapter and found myself carried along by the story. I want to know all about the Dragon Queen now, that is for certain, and I also am really curious as to why she deserves such loathing and to have people out to murder her, so this worked well even for a new reader. I will have to put Rise on my list! - Jeremy
I held my breath, wondering what he knew. My fingers wrapped tight around the piece of wood in my hand."When she does, I will take it from her." His face loomed large on the screen. "And when I do, everything will change."His voice fell so quiet I barely heard what he said next."And then I will kill her."
