The rocky river bank made for poor hunting, which the female had realized in selecting the place to rest. So the grezzen nibbled a yearling amphibian that had strayed farther from the water than normal. The season had been dry, the water low, and the river’s residents had altered their habits acc...
Of course not. The pilots were looking for traditional Slug massed Warriors, in black armor. But the maggots were burrowing beneath the snow. Zzee. Zzee. The second round cracked rock off the cave lip and shot it across the cave. “Look harder! They’re in our laps.” &...
The faint afternoon shadows before him had scarcely shifted since he had last communicated with Kit. “Kit?”“There’s no hatch at Thirty Lower! Or anywhere else down to Ninety-two Lower, ‘cause that’s where I am now. And that’s as low as the Scorpion can go. There are structural transverse braces a...
Jude blinked and turned away from the window. “That’s really how we’re getting landing instructions?” Mankind could n–m tow navigate light years across the stars, but when it came to navigating the last few miles down from orbit to an Outworld’s surface, Alaskan bush pilot...
Three days had passed since he had briefed Gill in the snow-covered arctic pit, and during the entire return trip Polian had rarely even been chilly in his armor. But psychologically he craved the tea mug’s warmth. The human mind convinced itself of things that weren’t true. This morning, Polian ...