He pressed a button on a small black box and five lists appeared on the giant wall screen. All but one of the lists extended off the page. “This is a list of the Five’s planets’ coordinates that build warships. Each of the Five has the coordinates in their territories listed under their name. The...
The Ship’s Leader looked at him with his head forward and the Master said, “You saw what happened to the group sent here.” The Leader stared at him for a moment and then moved his head back. “If three of their ships could kill six of ours, putting up our shield would do us no good. I’m hoping the...
They glided most of the time, letting hot thermal columns of air lift them high, then soared forward. Scotty sat on Vring’s back, staring at the ground far below. Most of the land had been reclaimed by the forest, but there were vast wastelands to the west. “Hey,Vring! Do I see plant life out in ...
They must gather in the center of the community so we can lift them quickly.” “What are you going to do?” “I am going to wait here at the compound and kill anything that pokes its head out of the ground. If a large number get out I’m going to fight a delaying action to give our ships time to ar...
“We have, Your Majesty. I don’t believe that we’ll stop them but we’ll make the difference.” “What is this species called?” “Actually, no one has ever encountered them and lived. Unless they volunteer to tell us their name we can call them whatever ...
The leaders of the Empire were present and the conference room was starting to get crowded. Trey looked around and saw Paul Blake staring at him. He nodded and Paul smiled. TK leaned over and touched Paul’s arm; he looked away and Trey wondered what he knew. His aunt was very pregnant and there w...
They were both outstanding students and were ranked in the top of their class. Tommy before he left Castle Gardner had learned from an Algean Adolescent how to quickly scan a book mentally and store its contents in his mind. By the time he was four he had read every book in the library and had sh...