Releasing Rage is the first story in Cyborg
Sizzle, my sixth SciFi romance series. I love the diversity within SciFi
Romance. I’ve written about aliens, androids, bounty hunters, clones, and now
cyborgs.
The type of hero in a SciFi Romance gives
me some indication of the main themes the story might tackle. Yes, every
character is different. There are a variety of sexy cyborgs in Releasing Rage.
They’re all unique. Type doesn’t mean a cardboard, one dimension cutout
character or plot. But there are common themes or questions asked and answered
with each type of hero.
I’ve written and read about an assortment
of aliens. They have varied appearances and varied abilities, come from distant
planets, usually speak different languages. There’s a common theme in these
stories though—that, at the core, we’re all more similar than different.
At first, the human heroines see the
aliens’ differences, their strangeness. But eventually, they realize these
alien males have commonalities to us. In SciFi romances, they often want love
or acceptance or a sense of family. Heroines often find that the beings who
appears the strangest to us are the beings who most understand us.
Clones are the opposite type of hero. They
look exactly like us or, more specifically, exactly like the source being.
They’re copies of him. Their brains, physical appearances, everything are the
same.
At birth.
The big question with clone characters is
‘How much impact does our environment, our experiences have on our
personalities?’ It is the classic nature versus nurture debate. In SciFi
romances, this is even more poignant. If a heroine falls in love with one
clone, will she fall in love with all of them? Or are the differences big
enough to influence her feelings?
Cyborg heroes have the external conflict of
being the other, as alien heroes do, but they also have an intriguing internal
conflict. Cyborgs are half man, half machine. In my stories, they have both
human brains and computer-like processors.
Cyborgs are often torn between logic and
emotion, obeying commands and expressing free will, conformity and
independence. In SciFi romances, they’re usually faced with the decision—do
they follow their heart and love/believe their heroines or do they adhere to
the ‘facts’ and hurt/leave the females they’re destined to love?
Do you have a favorite type of SciFi hero
to read or write? Why are they your favorite?
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BlurbReleasing Rage
Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance's most primitive cyborg, has two goals--kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that's all he's been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station's first female engineer, has one goal--survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage's priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg's heart for both love and revenge?
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Bio
About Cynthia Sax
USA Today bestselling author Cynthia
Sax writes contemporary, SciFi and paranormal erotic romances. Her stories have
been featured in Star Magazine, Real Time With Bill Maher, and numerous best of
erotic romance top ten lists.
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