Science Fiction Fantasy Saturdays

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Snippet from The Girls From Alcyone

In this snippet, Sigrid has narrowly escaped from a rather violent encounter with a new enemy (and an old friend) at the tower offices for the Council of Trade and Finance on Earth. This 'flight from danger' begins my favourite part of the book.

Sigrid was grateful for Hitomi's planning as she hurried to the Starling waiting for her on the roof. Shrouded in camouflage, it sat still and quiet, looking black as the night around them. The skin of the heavily-modified craft glimmered faintly under the torrential downpour. Had it not been for the rain washing over it, Sigrid might not have seen it at all.

She'd barely put her foot on the mounting step when the pilot gunned the thrusters, sending the craft rocketing up toward the spilling clouds overhead. Sigrid stood on the rail, one hand gripping the open doorframe above her as she stared down at the diminishing city of Buenos Aires, with its bright, colored lights blurred and muted, dimmed by a thick layer of fog and a swirling of low-lying clouds.