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Sneak Peek: Destiny's Gambit by R.J. Wood with Giveaway Destiny’s Gambit
The Voyages of Jake Flynn #1

by R.J. Wood
Middle Grade Fantasy/ Science Fiction/ Sword and Space/ Space Fantasy
January 24, 2015

You can find Destiny’s Gambit on Goodreads


Fatigue set in. Jake had not slept since yesterday. He sat down with his
back against the mast and watched the solar winds flash and streak
overhead for a while. His thoughts turned to his parents and where he
might be going. He wondered what their planet was like, and if it had
aliens or strange creatures, or if the plants were orange or purple instead
of green. He fell asleep and dreamt of these things and others.
The sound of grating woke him, as the old rudder moved into a turn to
the left, or to port, as the sailors called it. The boat began to vibrate a
little as it made the wide turn. Jake stood up and steadied himself by
the mast. He closed his eyes. What he saw ahead in the solar winds
made his breath catch.
The current he now traveled in joined soon with several others at a
single point in space. It was a circle that swallowed the solar rivers
like some kind of massive drain or… Jake’s eyes shot open. No, there
were stars ahead. This was not a black hole. It was something else. He
could now see three dark objects ahead, some kind of stone satellites.
They formed a perfect triangle. When he closed his eyes again they
were gone, but the drain was there between them and it was much larger
now. Jake’s heart and lungs raced as he looked around, but there was
nowhere else to go. All he could do was watch as the cutter got closer
and closer.
“This is it,” he said as the cutter’s bow rose up like sailing up a wave. He
hugged the mast with both arms as the boat went over the edge and
plunged into the drain.
For a moment, Jake felt as though he was falling. Then the boat slid into
the stream like a surfboard finding the perfect wave. The universe changed.
The black of space turned to gold, and dark stars began streaking by. The
cutter was riding on a torrent of silver energy. It was like being in a tube
slide at a water park, but sailing through it at amazing speeds. The energy
sprayed on his face, harmless like water, and the solar winds blew back
his hair. It was like whitewater rafting on a roller coaster. His grin could not
get any bigger.
Holding the mast, he stood up tall and then risked putting out one arm like a
gull gliding on the sea air. Jake had always wanted to feel the zeal of sailing
fast before the wind just like the heroes of the sea adventures he had read.
He let loose a cheer that became a laugh out loud. He was not just sailing
on the ocean; he was sailing through a star stream.

And here he is. . . Posted by Tonja Drecker at 6:00 AM Labels: Destiny's Gambit, Giveaway, Middle Grade Fantasy, Middle Grade Science Fiction, R.J. Wood, The Voyages of Jake Flynn

