Marque of Caine – Snippet 19

by | Apr 24, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 19 Chapter Twelve December, 2123 Refueling Orbit around Planet IV, Wolf 424 A For the thirty-second time, Riordan started his day at Wolf 424 A by turning on the commplex. Nine hours ago, just before rolling into his bunk, he’d...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 18

by | Apr 22, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 18 Part Two Custodes Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Who shall guard the guards themselves?) Collective Space and Earth September, 2123 – July, 2124 Chapter Eleven November, 2123 Deep Space below the ecliptic, Wolf 424 A Caine...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 17

by | Apr 19, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 17 That was Weber–a.k.a. The Patch–to a tee: discreet, formal, business like, and more heart than he was usually willing to show. Bloody hell: he could have been English. “I need some requests–which are in fact...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 15

by | Apr 15, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 15 “Unfortunately, no.” She examined his leg even more closely, as if she was hunting for microorganisms. “I have your complete medical history, but a lot of the situational details are redacted. All those records tell...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 14

by | Apr 12, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 14 Chapter Nine July, 2123 Nevis, Earth Richard Downing closed the cover of the transcripts. The hardcopy-only distribution signified how highly classified it was: sharing electronic documents virtually guaranteed that they would...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 13

by | Apr 10, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 13 Chapter Eight July, 2123 Nevis, Earth “If you would please take your seat, Commodore Riordan.” The Marine held it out for him. Before Caine could sit, an Asian woman sitting behind the table on the other side of the room...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 11

by | Apr 5, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 11 Chapter Seven July, 2123 Nevis, Earth A moment after the glass door closed behind Downing and his guards, another silhouette approached it and entered at a brisk walk: Commander Lorraine Phalon. Physically, she was the opposite of...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 10

by | Apr 3, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 10 Chapter Six July, 2123 Nevis, Earth Connor checked his wristlink, then surveyed the private dining room overlooking the Chesapeake. He had been in this restaurant, The Bos’uns Chair, at least fifty times and it never changed....

Marque of Caine – Snippet 09

by | Apr 1, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 09 Chapter Five June, 2123 Nevis, Earth Connor saw it the same moment the others in the aircar did: twinned plumes of grey smoke rising up from the northeastern skirts of Mt. Nevis. One was much heavier and thicker. Rinehart cleared his...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 08

by | Mar 29, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 08 The large drone rotated, revved its rotors to close at maximum speed– –Just as it detected another high-compression radio burst from back of the cave. Having two prior samples for comparison, identification was almost...

Marque of Caine – Snippet 07

by | Mar 27, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Caine – Snippet 07 Chapter Four June, 2123 Nevis, Earth Riordan peered closely into the cracked corner-checking mirror. Although the combo goggles from his stash were half-broken–the thermal imaging was busted–the light intensification...

Marque of Cain – Snippet 05

by | Mar 22, 2019 | GannonSnippets, Snippets

Marque of Cain – Snippet 05 Chapter Three June, 2123 Nevis, Earth As Riordan finished buttoning his shirt, his wristlink chirped: a pending text-message. Prefixed with a secure code he had only seen four times since arriving on Nevis. He authorized delivery,...