by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 25, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 14 Ghost In The Machine Cody Martin and Mercedes Lackey “Overwatch to Ural Smasher.” John could tell just by Vickie’s voice, and the fact that she called him that, that it wasn’t an emergency. For a change. Of...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 23, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 13 Interlude: Inner Universe Mercedes Lackey So, thanks to Tesla and Marconi, I had the math, the math, the glorious, glorious math, and the physics that defined how the Metisians had built their computers and specifically, the storage. If...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 20, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 12 Vickie’s tone stayed professional and clinical, something that told Ramona that they were in more trouble than she had initially thought. “Finishing sentences or coming up with words that aren’t your own? Do you think...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 18, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 11 Ramona sighed and swung her legs around. She could feel the chill concrete through her socks. “Rick, come over and sit with me. It’s ECHO-issue, I think it’ll hold the both of us.” He narrowed his eyes, fist still...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 16, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 10 “No. You’ve done more than enough, Vic. Get some rest, have Bella spell you for a few hours.” Ramona glanced to Trina. The poor thing had fallen asleep against her shoulder, tears still wet on her cheeks. “Any...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 13, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 09 There was, of course, another problem. We’d gotten Tesla and Marconi out in living “lifeboats,” in the form of Ramona and Rick. But now that they were out…what were we going to actually do with them? Reply Hazy,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 11, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 08 “It felt like I fell into the connection. I felt helpless…and something in me propelled along the connection. It all happened so fast, I don’t know if I’m even rememberin’ it right. It was like ridin’...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 9, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 07 Through his new senses granted from telempathy, however, he could feel what it was like for Vickie. As a geomancer, energy came to her through the earth, usually, and that was how her senses interpreted this. As a great upwelling of...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 6, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 06 “Okay, I am cutting out of this conversation. Good luck, Parker, Senor Presidente.” With a flick of a key, Vickie cut her connection to the negotiations going on…somewhere in the air. Sera looked from Vickie to John...
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 4, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 05 They had regained some of their strength as the minutes stretched on; they kept their focus on the building, making sure that nothing untoward was going to happen to Vickie. Still, from what they could hear…the news was not good....
by Drak Bibliophile | Apr 2, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 04 Most of the napalm had gone out by that time; Molotok’s suit was ruined in several places, but the skin underneath was untouched. His chest heaved, not from exertion, but from unbridled rage. Worker’s Champion had stood,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Mar 30, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 03 Wordlessly, John and Sera both withdrew to the doorway. They both knew that they had to be extra vigilant, especially now. John was the first to speak. “I wasn’t lying in there; she’s our first priority. We’re in...
by Drak Bibliophile | Mar 28, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
Avalanche – Snippet 02 John thought for a few moments. “Me. You. Us. All of this.” Effortlessly, he called flame to the arm that was wrapped around her; he already knew that their fires could never hurt each other. The ease with which he could call...
by Drak Bibliophile | Mar 26, 2018 | LackeySnippet, Snippets
For those who haven’t read The Secret World Chronicles, the books are collections of interrelated stories by different authors. This snippet starts the first of the stories. Avalanche – Snippet 01 THE SECRET WORLD CHRONICLE, BOOK FIVE: AVALANCHE Mercedes...
