I've been working on my SF novel for the past few months and I'm happy to say it's finished.

Okay, it's not finished.  I awoke this morning and realized there was one tiny thread hanging that must be snipped.  Easy to do in a couple of sentences.

And ... I'm sending it out for two friends to read.  Both these authors have written fantasy before.  One of them has written SF (we're talking NY published authors).  I've never had anything (professionally) published in the SF genre, so I'm eager (and anxious) to see what they have to say.

And there's that little problem of no title.  I hope my friends will be able to suggest one to me when they finish reading the book.

And, this is part one of what I'm planning to be a trilogy, so of course the "story" isn't yet finished.  (I do have half of the second written in first draft.)

I guess a writer isn't really finished until the thing is out there and being read by readers.

So ... I hope some of my readers will find it in the coming months/years.

Here's my description:  When a spatial rift causes Amanda Shelton’s space shuttle to crash land on an unknown planet, she awakens to find herself locked in a cell with a tutor charged with teaching her an alien language. Crown Prince Paxdon is determined to scavenge not only her ship, but any technology he can squeeze from her brain to vanquish his enemies in a neighboring province.  But just who is Amanda’s real adversary; the warriors in the north or the people of Telenia?

Do you think you'd like to read it?