Their Fractured Light: A Starbound Novel - Plot & Excerpts
JUBILEE’S VOICE is sharp, and she lurches to her feet. “I don’t like it any more than you do,” Sanjana retorts, her own voice quickening. “But it’s the only answer I have.” “Find another one!” Jubilee’s shout echoes back from the shattered marble walls, leaving a quick, poignant silence behind. Sanjana takes a slow breath. “It doesn’t work like that. You can’t just decide the variables aren’t true, that the evidence isn’t what you want it to be—I can’t just invent ways to change physics, Captain.” I take advantage of that brief lull to rise to my feet, ignoring the swell of dizziness that comes with exhaustion. “We should get some rest.” I keep my voice even, warm. Listen to me, latch on to this voice. I’m on your side. It’s a voice that always worked on the soldiers on Avon, always worked to calm my contacts. And it only works as long as you keep talking, so they don’t realize I can’t possibly be on everyone’s side. “We can’t change what’s happened—and if she’s protecting the rift, then she won’t do anything to draw attention to it.
What do You think about Their Fractured Light: A Starbound Novel?
