Anstractor (The New Phase Book 1) by Greg Dragon

Author:Greg Dragon [Dragon, Greg]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thirsty Bird Productions
Published: 2013-12-24T23:00:00+00:00

Memory 15 | Freedom Fighter

The minute Rafian set forth into them, the swamps of Tyhera seemed endless. He had no idea where he was going but knew if he kept walking, he would eventually run into something or someone. Three hours passed, and the heat and his exhaustion began to play tricks on his mind. He began to see men and women coming and going between the trees. These people were dressed strangely, nothing like the inhabitants of Talula, and he felt as if he knew them. He tried to call out to them a few times, but they never paid much attention to him. They continued their ritual of emerging from one tree and then walking into another before disappearing.

He began to talk to himself. “Maybe there is a worse fate for me than you, Rhee. Obviously this is some hell that I am lost in, a hell with pretty phantoms to try my sanity. I can feel myself going mad.”

Stopping to catch his breath after a time, Rafian looked about at the vast swampland and considered his situation. Dark thoughts began to cloud his mind as he headed for a nearby rock to sit. He had not eaten for days, and he felt an interior ache throughout his entire body. Suddenly a Memory was triggered, pushing itself from out of the dark cloud of his delusion. He recalled himself as a starving boy. He was in a sort of jail cell, and he was alone, just as he was now, with no hope of escape. Was this Memory real, or was it just another illusion? With much effort, he forced himself to stand up and pushed forward, choosing to ignore the Memory as he put one foot in front of the other.

* * *

Cally, Apun, is a small city that is barely on the thoughts of the Felitian Empire. So is not surprising that its population consisted mostly of freedom fighters, rebels, and their infamous resistance. Cally was not as advanced in its architecture as Dearin was on Talula. It did not have the metal work and masonry that blended to form graceful shapes on the horizon, or the advanced solar technology to keep it lit at all times of day. Cally was a slum in comparison to Talula’s cities, and the outskirts held savage, doglike animals that would devour those who dared leave with their guard down. Within its streets, the people were mostly outlaws and scavengers. It would be rare to find Felitian troopers there, and “the resistance” had gotten so comfortable with their haven that an open recruiter to the cause would patrol the streets looking to convert any nonbelievers he or she could find.

Whenever the Felitians were present, the city was relatively peaceful and quiet. The magistrates knew that Cally was a nest of traitors to the empire but left it alone to use for information gathering and for the occasional raid whenever pressure came down from the top. The city had its good parts too.

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