Sentence Sneak Peek - Camp Alien

Camp Alien by Gini Koch

The first sentence from each chapter of Camp Alien, it's a mini summary of what you can expect to read.

* Received from the publisher for review

* Spoilers are highlighted like so :)

“EXCUSE ME, President Martini, but we have a situation.”

“ALEXANDER NODDED.”

“I WHOLEHEARTEDLY APPROVE,” Mom said without missing a beat.”

“HELLO?”

“THERE WERE A LOT of gasps from the room.”

“WHILE WE WAITED for Drax’s reaction to this, Culver waved at me.”

“I COULD TELL THAT everyone in the room wanted to be freaking out.”

“JEFF NODDED.”

“OH.”

“WHILE EVERYONE OTHER than Mom stared at me openmouthed, I took the opportunity to sniff some roses.”

“THE KITTY-BOT SAW ME coming, stopped striding with purpose, then started running right for me.”

“EVERYONE GAPED AT HER, other than Chuckie and Reader, who’d joined us.”

“EVERYONE STARED AT ME.”

“THE GIRLS WERE WAITING FOR US, so we got inside Villanova’s apartment without having to stop.”

“CHRISTOPHER LOOKED AROUND.”

“WE WERE STILL IN the kitchen but we zipped into the office.”

“VANCE STARED AT ME for a long moment.”

“TO KENDRICK’S GREAT CREDIT, he didn’t immediately try to pretend he had no idea what I was talking about.”

“JEFF AND I STARTED OFF AGAIN.”

“COULDN’T SEE WRUCK do anything differently with his Forceps Arm, but all of a sudden Drax blinked and drew breath.”

“JEFF GROANED.”

“BUCHANAN TOSSED ME THE TRACER, I inserted it into the phone’s headphone slot, then hit answer.”

“WE EXPLAINED OUR suspicions about there being an android version of Kendrick about, and also shared that there actually was a Kitty-Bot as well as a couple of friendly, in-control androids.”

“DRAX HAD A RATHER SMUG EXPRESSION, which contrasted nicely with the shocked and embarrassed looks from Buchanan and Siler.”

“THE ROOM WAS SUDDENLY loaded with a lot of fluffy cuteness and feathered beauty.”

“THE EXPRESSIONS ON the boys’ faces said that this was not what they’d expected.”

“MANAGED NOT TO GET too angry.”

“BRUNO SAID SOMETHING very nasty in Peregrine and flew, claws first, into the Fem-Bot’s face.”

“WE WALKED UPSTAIRS to check out where we now lived.”

“WE QUICKLY DECIDED that us getting to the Embassy was now Job One.”

“YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY,” I said to the hamper.”

“WHILE THE KIDS enjoyed King Benny and Jamie excitedly shared with Lizzie that Lizzie would be lucky enough to be living with us forever and ever and Lizzie managed to feign excitement about this, I sent a text to Amy.”

“OF COURSE, fast was a relative term when dealing with children and animals.”

“WE WERE BACK in the big meeting room from earlier in the day.”

“THE ROOM STARED AT ME.”

“NO ONE LIKED THE IDEA of Francine covering for me at anything that was considered low FLOTUS involvement, but no one could argue against the logic either.”

“I’M MISSING ALL the good stuff.”

“IT WASN’T ALL THAT LATE but we were all that tired and more.”

“EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A NEW, strange place, doing our regular bedtime ritual was soothing.”

“WE TROTTED INTO the ginormous dressing room– closet combo, taking Charlie’s monitor with us.”

“ABOUT AN HOUR OR SO later we were finally fully satiated, I’d landed any and every job I wanted, and we were ready to head back upstairs to get a little more sleep before the kids woke up.”

“CHUCKIE HEAVED A SIGH.”

“NOT TO ANYONE HERE,” Jeff said dryly.”

“INSISTED THAT WE STAY in the Family Dining Room because I felt that Coca-Cola and donuts were now vital to my process.”

“PINK’S “TRUE LOVE” came blasting out.”

“ONCE READER WAS GONE, Vance sent a text to those waiting down below or wherever they were.”

“LIZZIE WAS AROUND in her room, lying on her bed reading.”

“CRYSTAL MAURER made quite the show of “spotting” us.”

“IT LOOKED LIKE KENDRICK, at any rate.”

“DECIDED I’D HAVE trouble wresting the steering wheel away from an android who didn’t want to let it go.”

“OF COURSE IT IS!”

“THE ADDITIONAL KENDROIDS weren’t dressed alike.”

“THE NEW ARRIVALS were more copies of Kendrick.”

“OF COURSE, there were a lot of buildings, and there was no way for us to determine where all the people we were looking for might be.”

“THE THREE OF US FROZE.”

“SHOVED MAHIN and pulled Lizzie back against the wall.”

“RAN INTO THE AREA littered with android parts, but no Peregrines were in evidence, or Poofs for that matter.”

“WHITE AND I looked at each other.”

“JERRY!”

“WE DID ANOTHER fast but more intensive search of the main floor and still found nothing and nowhere someone could be stashed.”

“GOT OUT OF SIGHT, stopped, and looked in my purse.”

“WONDERFUL,” White said with enthusiasm.”

“FLASHLIGHT OR NO flashlight, visibility was close to nil.”

“ALL PRAISE the Great God Algar,” I said under my breath.”

“THAT SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE.”

“ONCE WE WERE out of the building I insisted that White use hyperspeed to get the supplies to the others.”

“THE BIG SECRET SERVICE AGENT looked uncomfortable, but he also didn’t look like he was going to back down.”

“THIS IS INSANE,” Keith said for, by my count, the fourth time.”

“AS PER USUAL, there was a big No Trespassing sign on the doors, which we ignored.”

“CLEARED MY THROAT.”

“WHAT’S THAT?”

“CAMILLA, RAHMI, and Rhee were there.”

“WELL, that success was short-lived.”

“WARHEADS HAVE DISARMED,” Walker said, sounding relieved.”

“MAHIN WENT TO Abigail and Lizzie and they did the group hug.”

“DANIEL AND THE other A-Cs led us to an area somewhere rather close to the command deck.”

“WHILE THE FLYBOYS were maneuvering the helicarrier into place— with Joe and Randy choosing the wiser course and, helmets or no helmets, talking Keith and Lizzie through what they needed to do— I took a couple of moments to pet the Poofs and Peregrines.”

“CHRISTOPHER ACTUALLY zipped out to tell Devon when to start timing us, meaning we waited about a minute before he was back and we were able to start off again, this time heading for the staircase the Field agents had found.”

“ABSOLUTELY NOTHING happened, and Joe motioned for the rest of us to come inside.”

“ON THE PLUS SIDE, such as it was, the Roomba of Evil had literally blown up, so we didn’t have to deal with it.”

“JANELLE GARDINER stared at me, as openmouthed as I was.”

“I DUCKED AND SHOVED Christopher back and behind me at the same time— I had the body armor and he didn’t.”

“KEVIN AND UNCLE MORT were on-site quickly, which wasn’t a surprise.”

“I WAS ACTUALLY still angry enough that I could walk through the gate without a ton of nausea.”

“WELL, THAT GOT the room’s attention.”

“MY PRONOUNCEMENT was met with a lot of non-reaction.”

“WE ALL STARED AT RAJ.”

“THE MEETING BROKE UP and everyone headed to their rooms or to the Embassy, depending.”

“JEFF AND I actively chose not to question this.”

“THE REST OF the evening was uneventful.”

“JAKOB!”

“YOU’RE SURE?”

“JERRY, I’M BACK, and hells to the yeah, I want all five of you.”

“THEY’D DONE A good job with this set.”

“REACHED MY destination quickly.”

“KITTY, ARE YOU HIGH?”

“THE SAMARAPUS’ body started doing that thing where it looks like the giant monster who’s swallowed the explosives is blowing up inside first.”

“WHERE TO, COMMANDER?”

“THE NEXT TWO and a half weeks were a whirlwind of activity.”

“THIS IS THE GREATEST PARTY EVER!”