by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 8, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
This book should be available now, so this is the last Snippet. At The End Of The World – Snippet 29 Carbs had been a problem from day one, even though we left South Georgia with more than our fair share. Willow was confident that if she and Johnnie didn’t...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 6, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 28 So we didn’t go to back Husvik and spent two weeks feeling pretty lousy about it. That was also when we steered away from the uppermost margins of the Antarctic circumpolar current (the same one that helped push us from...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 3, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 27 So Willow had made her choice. And there was obviously no going back. She didn’t do it to try to get us to lift the quarantine; she did it to stay with Johnnie. Kind of the weirdest and scariest Adam and Eve reboot you...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 1, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 26 “Really?” I asked. “You think you could shoot either of them? And do you think they’d make it easy?” I thought I might throw up. “Captain thought this through. Winter is just about done...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 29, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 25 He may have chuckled; he just may have been coughing and gurgling. “Fair point. Let’s say things are going to get difficult in a new way.” “Well, that’s good to hear. The old way was getting...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 26, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 24 Captain Haskins ended by getting their assurance that their story was complete and honest, pointing out that the penalties for lying were extremely severe in our group. The pirates swore to their truthfulness on bibles they...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 24, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 23 The men at the stern came out of the hatchway again, crouching. Chloe, who was now deathly quiet, let one get out, then caught the second one with a shot in the chest right as he cleared the coaming. By the time the next one...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 22, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 22 Instead, a bunch of them came running out of the superstructure and set up around the forward weather deck, from the waist to the bow. They were scanning the high points behind their ship. Including, of course, the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 19, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 21 Both platforms tilted for a moment and then — the three boys scattering away — they came down with a crash Chloe and I could hear almost two-hundred-and-fifty yards away. Without the support of the platforms, the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 17, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 20 Steve was the one watching when they came into sight, clearing the headland just west of Busen Point about an hour after dawn. It was precisely when and where the captain told us to expect them, if they came. From about a...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 15, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 19 Silent Steve and I had hard days of a different kind: hiking with the captain. Although he gets winded sometimes — more and more, it seems — he can set a pretty exhausting pace for a while. He led us through two...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 12, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 18 The captain stood. “That’s enough. The only fighting I’ll permit is against the Argie thugs. As for how we’ll defend ourselves, I’ll explain that tomorrow. We’re in no rush. They’ve...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 10, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 17 “I was a damned fool. Two helicopters went down. Everyone survived. Miracle that. Then they had to shelter until the last helo could fly in and recover them.” “And what did you do in the meantime?”...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 8, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 16 August 14 We had a light day yesterday; we didn’t have to do anything other than move more wood to dry out for cooking and washing clothes. We don’t have enough soap, but boiling water does a fair (if brutal) job...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jun 5, 2020 | GannonSnippets, Snippets
At The End Of The World – Snippet 15 At the end of that very long day, we gathered in the radio house while the furnace in the remains of the primary processing plant got hot enough to cook dinner. But we couldn’t wait, because we were starving again. So...