Cliff Hanger Saturday is a place where you can post your favorite "cliff hangers" of all time or just good writing at the end of the scene. (if not your own work, please give credit to the author and the book.) We all know, a scene should not end with anyone going to sleep. YAWN. But sometimes we see this. If the characters go to sleep, so do we.
So share favorites or write one here.
I have been posting excerpts for advertising and Rogue Phoenix Press. If you are writing an excerpt for something make sure that excerpt ends making the reader turn the page and read on. Do we want the reader up all night? Of course we do!
Reviews:
Annie for Euro Reviews writes:
Rebel Heart is a well-written futuristic novel of a time that very possibly could come to pass, when viral plagues have laid the planet waste, and life is lived either in the sterile confines of domed habitats, or as pariahs in the outside wilderness. The world-building is excellent, vivid, and true-to-life. The characters will quickly catch and hold the reader's sympathies. The plot is quick, and takes time to examine many valid social, economic, class, and political issues as well. Christine Young delivers a winner which will capture the interest of futuristic/science fiction fans as well as the general reader.
Jasmina Vallombrosa for TCM Reviews writes:
Filled with drama and suspense, this book will draw you into the mysteries of science fiction. I was pleasantly surprised by Ms. Young’s storytelling talents as she wove not only a wonderful futuristic adventure, but also that of a passionate love story. I loved the main characters as they came to life on the pages. The plot was quite suspenseful and deliciously entertaining. As a result, I had no choice but to keep flipping the pages as I raced to the end. Bravo Ms.Young for such an extraordinary book from cover to cover!
Blurb: Rebel Heart
HER REBEL SPIRIT DEFIED HIS OUTSIDERS SOUL...
She was velvet and silk, eyes the color of a summer storm
and amber hair. Victoria DeMontville, because of a promise and a codicil to her
father's will, was forced to marry one man to protect her from another. She
hated Cameron Savage with a fierce passion. But to hold on to her genetic
research and find a cure for the deadly Signe virus, she must pretend to love
the enemy at her door, come with weapons of fire to melt her icy heart...
HIS OUTSIDERS TOUCH IGNITED RAGING PASSIONS.
He wore a mask, disguised as the Phantom, a true legend come
to life. Even as war and debate over new genetic research engulfed them all, he
would find his greatest adversary in the beauty who'd branded him an outsider
and barbarian, the woman he was born to possess, his soul mate.
Premise: Rebel Heart
Rebel Heart is set five hundred years in the future. The hero and
heroine come from very different backgrounds. One is an Outsider and the other
a City Dweller, but they are both dedicated scientists. Cameron savage is a
physician. Victoria DeMontville is a research scientist. They are both working
to create a vaccine that will work against a deadly virus. Victoria has
uncovered another way to help the victims of the virus, genetic surgery. During
many of her forays into the musty archives of the city library, she discovers a
technique that would give the City Dwellers a gene that would enhance an almost
non-existent immune system. The technique is called allele transplant surgery.
But as the virus spread throughout the cities for the second
time in five years, Cameron began to search in new directions. When the last
tests proved negative, Cameron decided to leave. Old folk tales, the lore of
the elders, remained strong in the mountain people. Medicinal remedies passed
down from one generation to the next provided harmless if not beneficial cures.
The white flower was the illusive thread. Yet the only way to unlock each link
in the chain was to go to the source. The source lay in the hills and in the
minds of the mountain folk. He meant to travel back to his roots, the
beginning, before 'Merica divided, before all hell broke loose.
Now the sun rose on a new day, and more people would die
from an incurable disease, a disease that once had been extinct. The land
glider hovered outside the med-lab. The vehicle held two year's worth of
records and research. Before Cameron settled himself in the driver's seat and
headed east into the rugged Cascades, he looked to the West. It was lighter in
that direction. When he closed his eyes, he imagined the smell of salt spray,
the sound of breakers crashing against the rocks, the sensual pull of a young beguiling
girl with blue-gray eyes. Eyes that reminded him of the soft color of a dove's
wing.
His brows narrowed thoughtfully as he climbed into the
glider.
It hovered, began to move...slowly at first then picked up
speed. Earth and greenery flew beneath the air of the glider and within
minutes, he had left the road and traversed cross-country, his destination a
small primitive village nestled in the Rockies. Highly intelligent minds, yet
antisocial behavior, marked these people and Cameron was well aware of their
idiosyncrasies. Once they knew his purpose though, once they saw the endless
stack of notes, heard the relevant news, and understood the enormity of his
mission, they would help.
Tall mountains, deep canyons, and deserts appeared before
him then vanished on the horizon as he passed by. Hour by hour, minute by
minute, he closed the distance.
Until he could see one mountain rising high above the
others.
Sheltered in the lush green valley on its north side he'd
find his people. Nervous energy pulsed through his veins and he bumped up the
throttle, accelerating, daring to push his rig as fast as it would go.
"Woo...ee...!" The glider skimmed across the earth
and banked into a tight turn. Cameron came in low, banked, dodging boulders and
trees.
For a moment, he thought he'd lost control. He pushed the
vehicle to its limit, tested his own strength and stamina. He righted the
glider, easing back on the throttle, and he felt the surge of adrenalin in his
blood dissolve.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his
hand and let his throbbing head fall back against the seat. Exhaustion caused
by long sleepless nights was beginning to leave its mark. He fought it, because
there was something else he'd learned from long hours of study and research.
Never, never let the fatigue betray you, and he was determined it would not.
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