Author: ueoai

Chap. 400 Get the Spoon “Only because I’ve done my tai chi and had my morning klah do I not behead you, Raylan.” Raylan sighed in relief. Evvelin did not like people bursting into her office shouting. But this is too much, he’d thought. She’d sat down at Jansen’s terminal, astounded at the change. “You…

Chap. 399 Part 1 The Switch Maintenance Division Chief Orlon: Scheduled tasking change. Incognito shutdown is in force as of 0500 this morning. Defer location and repair of water line leakage. You are directed to open building #1632 Galileo immediately. This order takes precedent over all other scheduled maintenance procedures. Not again! Orlon almost shouted.…

Chap. 398 Incognito The Division Chiefs at Landing didn’t normally call for a Landing wide meeting with the Council of Six. It was always the other way around-the Council met with Lord Holders, Weyrleaders and Craft Hall Masters, and allowed Administration and the various division chiefs to deal with smaller tasks. Of course, anyone on…

Chap. 397 The Metal Artifact A deep voice came from the Serengeti. “K’ndar! Ahoy, there, mate! Port, let those two landlubbers onto the wharf!  Come here, K’ndar, and see what we’ve dredged up for you this time!” Captain Disko called, waving from his forecastle. They walked out onto the solid basalt dock, for which K’ndar…

Chap. 396 Back in the Saddle K’ndar had just finished correlating his data when his datalink called. “K’ndar here, who calls?” For a moment, all he heard were odd sounds in a background of wind. Then, “K’ndar! It’s Harve, of Serengeti. We had something come up in our nets and Cap’n Disko wants someone from…

Chap. 395 The Open Mine They came out of between to see a fogbank exposing only the tops of the mountains. He gasped. Where is the Hall? Am I even in the right place? Raventh circled, working hard in the cold damp air. Fear grasped his heart. I’ve never been here, and damn it, I’ve…

Chap. 394 The Odd Rocks His datalink beeped. “K’ndar here, who calls?” “It’s Raylan, K’ndar. I know you’re knee deep in writing up your reports but please, come to my office.” No problem, he thought, I needed to get off my butt anyway. “How’s Francie?” he said, when entering Raylan’s work area. On his desk…

Chap. 393 The Fallen Cairn I really didn’t expect to come back to Woochick so soon, K’ndar thought. They came out of between amidst a flock of sea wherries. They squawked in surprise, ceding air space. Falconth came out of between a few dragonlengths behind him. Below, the surf had retreated, leaving the beach strewn…

Chap. 392 The Strange Beast of Woochick Island “By the stars, K’ndar, these are amazing. I don’t know where to start first!” Jansen said. She’d extracted the pictures he’d taken of the horned beast in the jungle. “Look,” she said, pointing at the picture, “it’s looking right at you. Next picture, it turns and you…