Legend finds himself with a little time to think... ----- Chapter 4. He dropped through what looked like solid rock but was actually a self-perpetuating light projection over the entrance. A flicker of darkness as he fell through the granite tunnel and then the light of the Eyrie blazed up around him. Legend landed lightly, his boots giving an echoing click on the polished stone, and looked around. No one in the entry, so either no one's in, or . . . The entry area was in the center of the Eyrie, with four doors leading [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 13
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Varan was learning to live in a fairly comfortable prison... ----- Chapter 13 Varan: Twin mandibles slashed at me, and I parried, reinforcing my parry with my psionic strength. I was still under the damper fields, yes, but it remained an edge that allowed me to hold the Grasper at bay just long enough to flip up and let the pressure on the blades squirt me higher, a seed shot from between two fingers, and somersault in midair. I landed on the Grasper's back and laid the vya-shadu across her eyes. "I win, I think." A [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND: Chapter 3
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Dr. Hsui has her daughter to look after and a lot of thinking to do... ----- Chapter 3. Jennifer realized she'd made it home only when she was opening the front door. I drove home entirely on autopilot. "Mommy!" The delighted cry from farther in the house preceded a small, slender, black-haired dynamo who catapulted into Jennifer's arms so energetically it almost knocked her down. "It's a commercial break, so I can come out now, I had my bath, Gran's reading in the other room, she said I'm a big girl now so I can watch by [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 12
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It's been a while since we looked in on Taelin... ----- Chapter 12 Taelin: "Thanks for letting me steal a ride, little brother!" Lukhas said, dragging his travel cases up the boarding ramp of Valabacal. "You're always welcome," Taelin said. "After all, there's enough room to keep you out of our way." "Ha!" "But why do you need –" Lukhas rolled his eyes. "I don't need to, but you and Trey are already headed near Karanis, and barring one of the cramped messenger ships there's no other ship that'd get me [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND: Chapter 2
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So, you have a superhero on the analyst's couch... ----- Chapter 2. She was still in something of a state of shock, but she heard herself respond, "I . . . will have to think about it for a few minutes." He looked suddenly chagrined. "Look at me, coming in here with a clear plan as to what I was going to say, and then messing it up already." She blinked. "What do you mean?" "Well, obviously you'll have to think about it. There's . . . a lot of issues. And I wanted to make sure you knew them up front. And I was going to [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 11
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People who knock on doors using bombs generally aren't friendly... ----- Chapter 11 The Eönwyl: She realized she'd been momentarily stunned, tried to rise, found herself shoving rubble up and away. Murr stirred and began helping her. Whoever did that is going to be coming in— The sharp twanging sounds of automatic rannai fire sounded out from the smoking hole and she could see the staccato flickerings of the packeted energy bolts streaming outward. Well, by the Seven. Hmmmseeth's defenses managed to survive [ Continue reading... ]
LEGEND, Chapter 1
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It's just an ordinary day at the office... Chapter 1. "I think today's session went well, Mr. Thompson," Jennifer Hsui said in her best professional tone. It was important to conclude each appointment on time, but not to make the patient—or client, as some people preferred—feel pressured or cut off. Thompson, a man with a heavily lined face and graying hair that showed it had once been dark, managed a smile that creased his cheeks with wrinkles that had not been there so often when first he had come to her——was it a [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 10
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The Eonwyl and her friends had a guide... ----- Chapter 10 Eönwyl: "You're sure of our destination, Murr?" she asked. The color-flicker across the creature's skin was one she thought held both confidence and slight annoyance. "If your information was accurate, yes. The name Hmmmseeth is not a terribly common one, and combined with other information available on the public nets, there appears to be only one such that could meet your criteria." They had taken a shuttle-boat to Konntenata, an inhabited reef [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 9
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Meanwhile, Sasham Varan is still doing time... ----- Chapter 9 Varan: The vya-shadu hovered before me, moving only the tiny amount expected from a weapon held in a steady hand. I could feel a sheen of sweat already forming on my face, echoing the tremendous strain I was feeling on my mind as I slowly rose from my meditations and drew the other sword. I'd done this kind of training before, of course; first onboard the Teraikon, hidden in a clear bubble within the mindshields, and later on board The Eönwyl, many hours of [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 8
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On an alien world, you need to be ready to act like an alien... ------ Chapter 8 The Eönwyl: There were no Mydrwyll in sight when the three of them debarked; from a human point of view it was eerily deserted, a shining and perfect spaceport devoid of life, a life-sized model. The strong scent of the ocean – different in detail, yet so very much the same on every world – along with the organic shapes around her momentarily made her feel as though they were shrunken, tiny things surrounded by gigantic shells on an alien [ Continue reading... ]
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