The Catholic Writers Guild

CWG Book Blast: Antivenom, A Rescue Sisters Story

 

This month, the Catholic Writers’ Guild is touring Karina Fabian’s ebook, “Antivenom: A Rescue Sisters Story.” Originally published as part of the anthology, “Infinite Space, Infinite God II,” it is a CWG Seal of Approval recipient! Snakes on a spaceship? Can Sister Rita’s faith overcome her phobia?

Summary:

Three religious sisters from the Order of Our Lady of the Rescue offer help to a ship that is off-course and not answering hails. They find the ship crawling with venomous snakes who have killed their handler and bitten the pilot. When one bites her partner, Sister Rita must conquer her phobia and snatch the antivenin from their nest.

Excerpt:

The door opened, and Sister Rita saw the dizzying sight of Basilica floating in the velvet dark, a thin neon line tying it to them. Sister Ann hooked her line, then that holding the rescue bag containing the injured pilot. Ann activated the motors, and they pulled away: a large, white alien child carrying a silver balloon. Rita listened to her count the meters, and when she was certain they were clear, closed the outer airlock door.

Then she was alone in the ship.

With the snakes.

And a dead man.

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Secular Bio:

Karina Fabian lives on the Space Coast of Florida, which means whenever a rocket launches from Kennedy Space Center, her house rumbles, and she can run outside to see the launches from her front yard. It makes a great setting for writing science fiction and fantasy. Although she freelances as a product reviewer for Fit Small Business, she still manages to publish two or three novels a year – mainly because her characters won’t let her slow down. She has been lauded for her ability to write both serious and seriously funny and for her enchanting characters and worlds.

Catholic Bio:

Karina Fabian is a founder of the Catholic Writers Guild and writes (among other things) Catholic science fiction and fantasy. Sometimes, it’s deliberate – what else are you going to do with a dragon who loses a fight to St. George? – and other times, it’s a natural outflow of her belief that true worldbuilding includes faith. She also writes secular SFF and humor. She’s married to a rocket scientist and lives on Florida’s Space Coast.

 

Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DB4LFNF

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I offer two, depending on audience:

For Catholic audiences: #Nuns in #Space? Yes, please! Check out the Rescue Sisters as they deal with a spaceship full of snakes. Can Rita overcome her phobia to save Ann’s life? Antivenom by Karina Fabian https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DB4LFNF #SFF #catholicfiction

For NonCatholic audiences: When the Rescue Sisters encounter a spaceship full of venomous snakes, Sister Rita must overcome her phobia to save Ann’s life. Antivenom by Karina Fabian https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09DB4LFNF #SFF #scifi #shortstory

Special Considerations: This is one of a series of short stories about the Rescue Sisters, an order of religious sisters who do dangerous search and rescue operations in space as well as run orphanages, schools, and other needed programs for those colonizing the solar system. Find all the stories here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09L59B69G