The pair walked through the low side of the camp past buildings and away from the snowfield where the meat was kept. It was a daily ritual, all around the females of the pack spread out with the morning meal. Already the sleds were being rigged. Heaps of metal, wires, and ancient devices were pil...
As the gravity well steepened, the distance shrunk until it was more effective to burn under conventional drive. The ship cut an arc across the gravity well just outside the orbit of the third planet. The dusty gray ball was like a weather beaten toy. The destination was a small transfer station ...
Bark said, as she checked the slide on her pistol. Natyasha felt anxious, excited, but still anxious. So far everything had worked. But why the anxiety? Whatever troops were in that ship weren’t nearly enough to counter her own. “Let him wait.” Bark spoke in a low voice into her commset. She tuck...