Friday, July 24, 2009

query letter #1

All right everyone, this is the first query letter I've ever done. I'm pretty sure it's crap. But, you have to start somewhere, right? Please do let me know your thoughts on this:

Nor is in trouble.
As a slave for her entire life, Nor is used to doing what she’s told. So when a revolt breaks out in the slave quarters and someone tells her to open the door and run, she does. With the help of a young man who Nor is secretly drawn to, she and the other runaways flee into the desert in a desperate attempt to find freedom.
Throughout their journey, Nor struggles with her desire to return to the only home she’s ever known. Her owner, Myrthe Severe, was the closest thing to family she’d ever had. A small but growing part of Nor relishes her newfound freedom even though she doesn’t know how to deal with it.
Things get more complicated when they plunge into the jungle to put more distance between themselves and the slavers who search the desert for them. The emperor of the jungle believes them to be the jungle deities returned to fleshly form, and holds them captive in his palace while drugging them into doing his bidding. Nor evades the emperor’s manipulation with the aid of Isha, a mysterious woman who she quickly becomes emotionally entangled with.
When the emperor makes a drastic move to keep Nor’s friends under his thumb permanently, Nor must make a choice: Will she obey orders, as she has always done? Or will she stand up for the freedom that she and her newfound family fought so hard to achieve?
A fantasy novel, XXX is complete at 89,000 words. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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