Tag Archives: Endurance
Endurance Excerpt #9
For Pride month, I’m posting daily from the first chapter. Pre-order links below. The story continues… “Your ship is adorable,” Celeste said. “I’m quite jealous.” Ani gasped. Did she imagine Captain Bratt wanted Endurance as a shuttle, her private chariot to carry her from one end of the behemoth to the other? “Yours is . […]
Endurance Excerpt #8
For Pride month, I’m posting daily from the first chapter. Pre-order links below. The story continues… The screen filled with the enormous face of a woman. Lyn startled at the intense dark eyes boring into her, angled brows and deep furrows setting Lyn on edge. Instantly, she knew she didn’t want to anger this woman. […]
Endurance Excerpt #7
For Pride month, I’m posting daily from the first chapter. Pre-order links below. The story continues… “Right in our line of sight to the planet,” Lyn said. “Ghez, can you document that for me, please?” “Yes, Captain. Positioning is two sectors off contract.” “Figures.” Lyn opened a voice link. “Endurance captain to the Aphrodite. Please […]
Endurance Excerpt #6
For Pride month, I’m posting daily from the first chapter. Pre-order links below. The story continues… “Space isn’t about heights. And how about letting me see my hand in front of my face.” “Projection, 100 percent,” Ani commanded. “Lights up 30 percent.” The planet shrank to a life-size view. And the lights revealed empty seats […]
Endurance Excerpt #5
For Pride month, I’m posting daily from the first chapter. Pre-order links below. The story continues… She entered the bridge and steadied herself against the railing. The tourists loved this amenity, getting to watch the crew, but it was like staring down a steep balcony. When Omara renovated the ship for tourism, she spared no […]
Endurance Excerpt #4
For Pride month, I’m posting daily from the first chapter. Pre-order links below. The story continues… That speck caught Lyn’s eye again, the Aphrodite intruding on her guests’ view of Saturn’s E ring, right as Natalie pointed out how it formed from icy jet plumes in Enceladus’s south polar region. Ani opened a mind link. […]
Endurance Excerpt #3
For Pride month, I’m posting daily from the first chapter. Pre-order links below. The story continues… A bright speck caught Lyn’s peripheral vision, unrecognizable to the guests but a glowing, annoying intruder to her. That wasn’t Enceladus. She opened a mind link. Randall to Con. Ani, are you seeing this? Second Officer Anilina Rodriguez responded […]
Endurance Excerpt #2
If you like what you see, Endurance is now available for pre-orders of ebooks on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Endurance-Elaine-Burnes-ebook/dp/B0B353S9RN But Amazon is only the beginning. The ebook will be available through the usual outlets as well as libraries (including Hoopla and Overdrive). Print books will be available through Amazon and wherever sold through Ingram. That means Bookshop, […]
Endurance Excerpts for Pride Month!
I just got the craziest idea. While we all wait for Endurance to release on June 21, I’m going to post a bit of the first chapter each day (if I don’t forget…). I’ll interrupt when the pre-order link goes live. It’s Pride month, and I’m so damn proud of this book, I can’t wait […]
What Inspired Endurance
I didn’t set out to write a science fiction novel. I’m not opposed to SF, not by a long shot. My first paid publication was a science fiction short story (which you can read in A Perfect Life and Other Stories—it’s the title story, and still one of my favorites). I confess I hadn’t read […]
Elaine Burnes 