In spite of himself, a shout of exultation escaped. Instead of the comforting, drumming rain on the deck above, however, a shocking . . . silence . . . stunned his senses. He heard surprised shouts on the foredeck and then the confused murmuring of the bridge watch, but for a moment there was not...
Would you look at that?” Lieutenant Fred Reynolds blurted, mesmerized, gazing down the long, sparsely wooded slope at the open valley beyond. He hadn’t spoken much since his rescue. He remained worried about his friend Ensign Kari-Faask, and uncertainty about his own status usually kept him uncha...
Sato Okada almost whispered, “I have begun to wonder whether our coming here might have been a merciful escape for us all.” Okada was the only one standing in Saan-Kakja’s Great Hall. He refused to sit, didn’t seem able, and paced almost continuously during the interview. There was a small audien...