"Prey" SF Short Story -- FREE on Amazon US (and Smashwords)

[D.A. Boulter]

"Prey" a 5800 word short story, free on SmashWords. http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/38260

Tlartox Captain Krin Tlento finds herself on the wrong side of the predator/prey relationship. Someone or something alerted the herd from which she expected to make her kill -- claw and fang against hoof and horn, just as Tlar had intended for her people. Now, the herd's bulls have almost run her into the ground. Her radio sabotaged, she has but one option: to face death with honor, as befits one of the People of Tlar, with her fangs in the throat of a barendi bull. In the unlikely event she should survive, her second priority is to retake her ship from the mutineers who left her to die. Then the unexpected occurs.

"Prey" takes place in the same universe as Ghost Fleet, now available from Amazon.

Download the sample (okay, so it's a 100% sample) and enjoy.  Send your evil minions after me if it fails to please . . . . You don't have evil minions?  I thought everyone had evil minions.  I could loan you some.  They work cheaply.

[Ann in Arlington]

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[geoffthomas]

How could one NOT download PREY?
After reading Ghost Fleet, you need to read more.

Thank you for this.


Just sayin.......

[D.A. Boulter]

Who or what is prey? For the Tlartox, hunting is more than a passion, more than a way of life. The hunt is identity; the hunt is life itself.  Without the hunt they are not Tlartox. And for the best hunt, one pits claw and tooth against hoof and horn and may the best being win. Krin Tlento has in mind the taking down of a Barendi bull, but this hunt doesn't go as expected and it changes everything.

'Prey' is available as a FREE download at smashwords.com: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/38260


Shoobydoo reviewed 'Prey' on Smashwords, gave it 4 stars, and said:
"I really enjoyed this! This story wouldn't be out of place in a published magazine."

Our own Peter Salisbury enjoyed it: http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,52223.msg895474.html#msg895474 and said he was very impressed.

Thus far 140 people have dowloaded 'Prey' and Krin Tlento invites you to up that number. It's free -- all it costs is a click; it's short -- a mere 6,000 words; and it's waiting for you.

[D.A. Boulter]

New? Well, sort of. I searched but have now realized that I've never created a thread for "Prey".

And, Amazon has just set "Prey" free -- only 4 1/2 months after I made it free on Smashwords and B&N. So, free? Yes!


Science Fiction short story. 6000 words

Krin Tlento,of the felid Tlartox, finds herself on the run from the bulls of the barendi herd she was hunting. Her radio sabotaged, she has but one option: to face death with honor, as befits one of the People of Tlar, with her fangs in the throat of a barendi bull. In the unlikely event she should survive, her second priority is to retake her ship from the mutineers who left her to die.


"Prey" takes place in the same universe as "Ghost Fleet", but occurs a few centuries previous to the events in that book.






Smashwords: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/38260

Pleasant reading.


[Edit to add]: It seems Amazon made it free only in the US. Residents of other countries can get it at Smashwords--link above.

[Ann in Arlington]

Well. . .in fact you did have a thread. . . with which I have merged your latest post . . . . . . it was kind of old.  But now you can bookmark it for the future.

[D.A. Boulter]

Well. . .in fact you did have a thread. . . with which I have merged your latest post . . . . . . it was kind of old.  But now you can bookmark it for the future.

Many thanks. I spent an hour looking through my old posts. Only found the mention in the 99 cent thread. I must be slipping.