The planet’s thick layers of ice and glaciers had been peeled away by the Tempest’s scanners, revealing not rocky terrain as he had expected, but a vast and ancient empire, the ruins of which lay buried deep beneath the ice. Beside him, Destra Heston gasped and shook her head. “The Gors are a pri...
After what felt like a lifetime of charging down streets, cross streets, and alleys, they found Fairview Tower and rode the lift tubes down to level 20. Once there, Ethan raced down the hallway until he came to apartment 20G. He raised his hand to trigger the buzzer by the door, but then he hesit...
Her usually wide violet eyes were narrowed and flicking from side to side as she studied first one and then the other. They looked familiar, but she couldn’t remember their names. The old man smiled wanly. His bony face made the smile look painful. “Sweetheart . . .” he said, but trailed off as i...
What did he steal?” Lashyla demanded. The guardsman shook his head. “I don’t know, but the queen is not happy about it.” “Fool!” she hissed. Her guard flinched, but the exclamation wasn’t directed at him. “He is ruining everything!” “Your apologies, princess, I didn’t mean to—” She made a sharp g...
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Alexander asked, frowning. “How do you know?” “Sometimes the water runs out before a tsunami hits. That’s what Ryder was seeing.” “You sure it’s not just the tide?” Alexander asked. “No tide is that fast, not even with two moons. We’ve got a minute or two before that wave hits. Stone, you n...
Everything was dark. His arms and legs were secured. Ice began crawling through his veins, and he collapsed, shivering in the dark. Through the fog in his brain he could hear the steady whoosh of air cyclers, and the droning hum of superluminal space. The ice crawling through his veins reached hi...
For frek’s sake, Admiral! Do you think we’re all stim-baked skriffs?”Admiral Hoff Heston folded his hands on the glossy black table of the operations center and met Captain Ocheron’s blazing brown eyes with a calm look. “We’re not going to do anything,” he said.Ocheron blinked. “We have a Sythian...