Author: ueoai

Chap. 125 An Ethical Dilemma K’ndar looked over the scribbles in his field notebook. They’d spent so much time doing actual surveying and field work that he was woefully behind on his transcribing. Not that he’d actually done any transcription into the new notebooks he’d gotten from Raylan at Landing. He’d originally planned on doing…

Chap. 124 Treasure Cave Secretly, K’ndar was tiring of the exploration of the Western Continent. It didn’t have the megafauna of the steppe. It was the same vegetation at every stop. Or perhaps it was that they’d been at it for two weeks and he was ready for a change. From what he’d seen so…

Chap. 97 The DNA report K’ndar called out, “Hello, the clinic! Hello?” Salish’s assistant came out, wiping his hands. “Hello, sir, Salish is in back, caring for a patient. How may I help you?” “I was wondering if she got the results of a DNA test on a sample taken from my dragon,” he said.…

Chap. 123  The Burrow The team had flown over the strait from the point where they’d found the caisson. Surprisingly, there wasn’t a similar one on the western side. The dragons hovered in mid-air, searching for a level place to land. There was none. The rocks and outcroppings made a safe landing inadvisable. “D’mitran, take…

Chap. 122  The Surprise on the Strait “This was not at all what I was expecting,” Greta said. The team, standing atop a windy bluff, was looking across the strait that separated the two islands of Western Continent. The wind was strong enough to make it an effort to stand. One had to shout if…

Chap. 121  The Confrontation D’nis joined the team as they were unpacking their dragons at the Observatory. “I’m sorry I didn’t make it out to the field today,” he said. “Not to worry. We didn’t accomplish much anyway,” D’mitran said. His dragon, Careth, shook himself once the harness had been removed. “Oh?” “The ecology changed…

Chap. 120  AWOL I don’t need this aggravation first thing in the morning, D’nis thought. He hadn’t slept well. He, and D’mitran, K’ndar and Greta, was going over what they intended to do today. They were not the source of his irritation. “If I’m right, we should be reaching the rift valley sometime today,” he…

Chap. 119  The Talking Datalink The team usually met for the day’s planning at breakfast. This morning, D’mitran and K’ndar were the first ones in the small dining area. D’mitran motioned K’ndar to join him at one of the tables. “This new datalink, K’ndar,” he said, a few crumbs whiffling from his mouth, “is amazing.…

Chap. 118  The Stone Plants “You’re wastin’ your time, my lad, they’s nothing at Far Western save sand and tunnel snakes,” K’ndar had been told by the Oldtimers. It had always been bare and barren, it was said,  because of Thread. That was the common opinion. Even the books said there was nothing at Western,…

Chap. 117  The Geologist “Hello, K’ndar! Are you busy?” K’ndar looked up to see Greta, the team’s newly assigned geologist. “Just finishing up a message to send to my weyr,” he said, “Won’t take but a few more minutes.” She sat down across from him, quietly. Her blue fire lizard wheedled at Siskin, wanting to…