His left knee flared with pain for a moment until it popped. He hardly noticed. His senses had overloaded and he began to hyperventilate. The thunderous booms of GD artillery faded away in his mind. The flashes on the horizon…Paul frowned. In his jumbled thinking, it seemed like lightning. Maybe ...
A plain spread out below. Roads webbed it and a city sat in the nexus of roads. Even better, I recognized the place. It was Siena. As the prince of Perugia, I would skirt it. The city called itself a republic, which meant its merchants made the rules rather than a hereditary prince. I had rented ...
the pilot said. “We’ll be faster.” “And less able to defend ourselves,” Eglon said. “I don’t like it.” Together, they brooded upon their fate. Then a hunched sailor clinging to the top of the mast cried out. The sail billowed...
-- Proverbs 24:11 When Herrek gave the word Joash unhobbled Asher and Pondon and led them toward the lake. They snorted and resisted his attempts to take them into the sun’s glare. He looked over at Gens. The lean driver enticed Galay and Geirrod with carrots. Galay caught and snapped off half of...
He was beside the cylinder with its blue solution. The shift crew was at their stations, and one nurse held the induction helmet while the other waited with the breathing mask. The last two weeks had been difficult. Day and night, he’d kept up his mind shield. Three times, he’d felt Jasper attemp...
Valerie asked, as she studied her sensor board. “I don’t know,” Galyan said. “I—Warning!” the holoimage shouted. “They carry New Men. I am detecting New Men inside those ships.” Valerie blinked in astonishment. What could that mean? New Men— “Jumpfi...