First Sergeant Furusawa’s voice came back over the comms. “I don’t like your attitude, Marine.” “Sorry,” said Anderson. “This is bullshit, Sergeant.” The sergeant laughed. “Better.” It was there again: the pulse, the tick; something echoing across the comms, weaving around in the empty space behi...
Ida yawned, stretched. He’d managed a few hours’ sleep, at least. The cabin lights were still on. He rubbed his eyes, wishing that when the purple shapes appeared he could tell a story about them to Astrid. That wasn’t going to happen. Ida’s fingers stopped moving, and he sat with them pressed ag...
said Ada inside my head as I held the telephone to my ear. The roar of the club behind me didn’t have any impact on our private conversation. “They’re radioactive. Cooked medium rare by my calculation.” “I mean,” said Ada, “what the hell kind of nam...
It is dark. He lies, waiting, listening. The sounds are different. He tunes in, focuses his senses. Quiet streets outside, still in the city. Late. No, early. Very early. In a few seconds his eyes adjust to the dark and he can see the room he is in. It is a bedroom, familiar. The blinds have been...
So foreign. New York City. Population: nearly seven million. Area: almost three hundred square miles. Population density: over twenty-three thousand per square mile. The Skyguard considered this as he took another wrong turn, into another blind,...
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He remembered a short journey from the underground workshop to the furnace room, but now it was confusing, with more doors and turns that he’d noticed coming the other way. All he could do was try not to think too much and hope his subconscious knew the way. He was too busy worrying about how lon...
The two of them stood still for a moment, then Braben sighed in apparent relief and lowered his weapon as Kodiak lowered his arms. “Brother, you have to stop sneaking around like that,” said Braben, shaking his head. “I nearly shot you. Again.” “Me sneaking around? You’re the one hiding behind a ...