by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 24, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 27 Chapter 27. Relief and fear speared simultaneously through Laura. “Francisco? Thank God! Are all of you all right?” “Hitomi and I are good, yes. Whips. . . Whips is not good. He cannot move much.” Then...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 22, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 26 Chapter 26. The problem, Whips thought, wasn’t that he had to send out one of the kids; it was that he had to do that and accept that if something went wrong he could not do anything about it. Sky and Earth knew that there...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 20, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 25 Chapter 25. Sergeant Campbell surveyed the forest from ground level and found himself shaking his head. Doesn’t stink too bad yet, but it will, and that’ll be just the beginning. If their columns had been located on...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 17, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 24 Chapter 24. Harratrer was rising through a nightmare. The Europan sea surrounded him, filled with darkness and menace. There were no Vents in range, and with horror Harratrer realized he was alone. He was in the high waters,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 15, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 23 Chapter 23. Hitomi gripped the arms of her seat tight, focusing on the panels in front of her. She had to concentrate, because if she didn’t she’d skip from thought to thought to thought in a blur, and it would be...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 13, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 22 Chapter 22. Even without Whips’ terrifying message, Laura would have known that something was horribly wrong. With no visible warning, the quadbirds and other flying creatures suddenly burst from their perches and flew,...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 10, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 21 Chapter 21. “No offense,” a sleepy-eyed Portmaster Ventrella said, cradling his coffee in his hands like a precious jewel, “but this had better be very good, Sue.” “You know I wouldn’t kick you...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 8, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 20 Chapter 20. “Jennifer?” Sue said softly. The young woman’s eyes opened and looked around; for at least the third time, Sue watched the tension in Jen Buckley’s face ease into relief as she took in the...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 6, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 19 Chapter 19. The stench was the first thing that struck Sue as the airlock door finally opened, a smell that combined the worst features of sweat, bad breath, mildew, and rot. She coughed, almost gagged before her nanos cut in and...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 3, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 18 Part 3: POSSIBILITIES Chapter 18. Sue Fisher leaned back in the bath, luxuriating in the hot, soapy water and the fact that after tomorrow she’d have seven glorious days off. Orado Station had gone back to the old routine...
by Drak Bibliophile | Jan 1, 2020 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 17 Chapter 17. “That’s good, Francisco, Hitomi, keep doing exactly that. We’re making great progress,” Whips said. Hitomi flashed one of her bright smiles and Francisco nodded seriously. “Si, it is...
by Drak Bibliophile | Dec 30, 2019 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 16 Chapter 16. “I don’t see anything,” Xander whispered. “To the right of that big white rock,” Caroline said quietly. Xander concentrated on the indicated area and his omni activated his retinal...
by Drak Bibliophile | Dec 27, 2019 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 15 Chapter 15. Whips pulled himself up as high as he could, then dropped back to the floor in a flopping landing that stung his belly pad. The thud transmitted itself loudly, echoing up through the column. “How’s...
by Drak Bibliophile | Dec 25, 2019 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Merry Christmas! Castaway Resolution – Chapter 14 Chapter 14. “You’re sure this is a good choice?” Campbell directed the question to Sakura, even as he stared up at the column. Having Campbell ask her sent a maybe-unreasonable thrill of pride...
by Drak Bibliophile | Dec 23, 2019 | Snippets, SpoorSnippet
Castaway Resolution – Chapter 13 Chapter 13. Campbell stretched, testing his body’s sensations. Mostly back to my old self, but still a little off. That damn disease really took it out of us. Still, he’d gotten off pretty light. He looked at...
