Wake up.” Suzy’s eyes fluttered open. Kenneth and Howard stood over her. She blinked and looked around at the blue plaster walls of her bedroom, the sheets pulled up to her neck. “Kenny?” “Mom’s waiting.” “Howard?” &nbs...
Klia could feel the troops a few hundred meters above and behind them, intent on the search. Lodovik led them deeper beneath the warehouse district, until they came to a small round hatch almost completely blocked by debris from an ancient flood. Klia took hold of Brann's arm and stepped back as ...
The emotions he was feeling were too mixed to sort out and identify, but he knew he had failed. What evidence he had was ridiculous, useless to convince a world even more incredulous than he was—had been. No, he was incredulous still—despite what had happened, he hardly be...
Vinnevra spun around again, eyes closed, and flung out her arm to establish our direction. Where she pointed, I could see a brown smudge along the wal’s gray horizon—dust rising high in the air. Gamelpar leaned heavily on his stick, his right leg stil trembling. “You’re sure?” he asked. “I’m sure...
Jungle circled the lake and even extended onto it on long legs of twisted roots. Birds and aquatic lizards flocked across the roots in squawking conflict. The sky was a hot, pale blue. The north was no longer dark. Through a smoked glass a bright band of light could be seen extending from the wes...