Week 28 - Space Opera

​And our regularly scheduled programming is back! After being sick for a month and then spending a week catching up posting here on my website and on my socials, I'm finally back to my regular posts about Author Versus AI every week. So... here goes!

This week, I'm going for a change of scenery - all the way out to deep space. Space opera, baby! The name of the book is Detailers, and it's another one that I started to write decades ago but never got very far in (only about 8k-9k). So, I'm starting over from scratch and hopefully getting the full story told this time around. Here's what it's all about:

After a number of interstellar wars in the near past, there’s an uneasy alliance with several alien races, especially after humans brought the Janci species to the brink of extinction in retribution for a series of attacks after first contact. Space stations have been established as neutral points for all the races to trade and interact, including the Chirs and Saus (derogatorily nicknamed “rats” and “snakes” by xenophobes because of their appearance).
 
Kris is a mid-level mechanic who grew up on a space station on the edge of one of the galaxies under human control, and he was just a boy during the interstellar wars. While repairing a freighter, he discovers a minority group of aliens are banding together to challenge the humans’ supremacy in the region and wipe people out, making it look like a human-on-human attack. Although Kris distrusts the government, he dutifully reports what he’s heard—only to get laughed out of the station.
 
After his report, however, he seems to have a target painted on his back—a series of accidents occur that seem engineered to take him out. With few places to turn or people to help him, will he survive long enough to foil the plot that seems likely to start a new interstellar war or will he get sucked into the violent plan and pay with his life?

Have a great week, and see you on Sunday when I read an excerpt from the book. Until then, take it easy!