The eternal night surrounding the M-3 was palpable and the lights of the vessel seemed strangled by ever reaching hands of darkness. Nothing moved here. An overwhelming sense of dread and the beating of his heart kept him barely conscious. For a moment, muffled voices called from outside the craft. The hair on the back of his neck stood up. It’s your imagination, Thad. Keep it together. His heart pounded in his ears. Fear threatened to overwhelm his sanity. Remember, you’re in Wonk space. Stay focused or you won’t get out.
Someone shrieked in terror. Turning in the direction of the screams, he saw Gravian in full-blown panic, pulling at his seat restraints. Thad remembered now—he and Gravian were in Wonk space together.
“We don’t belong here…” He gave up on the restraints and opened his visor with trembling hands. Looking at Thad, his yellow eyes danced and shifted. “There are people here. I can hear them. Please…we have to go back.” Tears streamed down the old Meganite’s face.
Thad let go of the cyclic, grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him. “Get hold of yourself, Gravian.
Someone shrieked in terror. Turning in the direction of the screams, he saw Gravian in full-blown panic, pulling at his seat restraints. Thad remembered now—he and Gravian were in Wonk space together.
“We don’t belong here…” He gave up on the restraints and opened his visor with trembling hands. Looking at Thad, his yellow eyes danced and shifted. “There are people here. I can hear them. Please…we have to go back.” Tears streamed down the old Meganite’s face.
Thad let go of the cyclic, grabbed him by the shoulder and shook him. “Get hold of yourself, Gravian.
The Bashtier call Wonk space, Eerindark—The Place of the Dead—and Thad Cochran, the only pilot to go there and live, will soon find out why. Dreams and visions are dancing in the heads of the yazz. Something bad is coming to the frontier—a hidden enemy only the Guild traitor, Alexander Hamilton Patho knows.
It is time for war, and time for Maggie Thorn to learn the truth about who she really is. It is also time for The Return of the Crimson Witch.
A novel—book 3 of 6.
It is time for war, and time for Maggie Thorn to learn the truth about who she really is. It is also time for The Return of the Crimson Witch.
A novel—book 3 of 6.
