AC Baldwin
Cadet
Howdy, space-gents.
My upcoming novel, The Traveller's Cup, is currently part of the Nerdist contest hosted by Inkshares. Placing in the top three gets me a publishing contract. My placement in the contest is entirely contingent on pre-orders.
The Traveller’s Cup
In this story I aim to break all the rules, shoving the things I love about fantasy into a sci-fi universe. Space dragons, intergalactic warfare between kingdoms. You get the gist.
When Damaus put his name in for the Cup he wasn’t expecting to be chosen. It started as a dare. Up against forty-thousand of them there was no way his ballot would be drawn.
Every three years a ship was sent to the Lumens’ ancestral planet in an attempt to retrieve what was left behind, and every three years the mission failed. It was a death sentence for the crew. But the Greys—lowmen, servants who can’t think for themselves—still cheer at the opportunity to risk their lives over a bit of treasure. And so the Lumens honour their sacrifice each year with a celebration known as the Traveller’s Cup.
While his family and other highborn Lumen sit at their feast and watch the Grey do tricks for their entertainment, Damaus hears the words that end his life as he’s known it. A high-born Lumen, doomed to sacrifice his status, luxuries, and beauty for a fruitless pact with death. On a shipful of them and separated from the riches he holds dear, Damaus must decide whether to face the mission head-on or find a way out.
Think of it like a crowd-funded approach to publishing. But if you pre-order and the campaign is not successful, you won't be charged. As a fellow lover of all things sci-fi and fantasy, I'd really appreciate your support.
-AC
My upcoming novel, The Traveller's Cup, is currently part of the Nerdist contest hosted by Inkshares. Placing in the top three gets me a publishing contract. My placement in the contest is entirely contingent on pre-orders.
The Traveller’s Cup
In this story I aim to break all the rules, shoving the things I love about fantasy into a sci-fi universe. Space dragons, intergalactic warfare between kingdoms. You get the gist.
When Damaus put his name in for the Cup he wasn’t expecting to be chosen. It started as a dare. Up against forty-thousand of them there was no way his ballot would be drawn.
Every three years a ship was sent to the Lumens’ ancestral planet in an attempt to retrieve what was left behind, and every three years the mission failed. It was a death sentence for the crew. But the Greys—lowmen, servants who can’t think for themselves—still cheer at the opportunity to risk their lives over a bit of treasure. And so the Lumens honour their sacrifice each year with a celebration known as the Traveller’s Cup.
While his family and other highborn Lumen sit at their feast and watch the Grey do tricks for their entertainment, Damaus hears the words that end his life as he’s known it. A high-born Lumen, doomed to sacrifice his status, luxuries, and beauty for a fruitless pact with death. On a shipful of them and separated from the riches he holds dear, Damaus must decide whether to face the mission head-on or find a way out.
Think of it like a crowd-funded approach to publishing. But if you pre-order and the campaign is not successful, you won't be charged. As a fellow lover of all things sci-fi and fantasy, I'd really appreciate your support.
-AC