Boom Town by Craig Martelle & Scott Moon

Author:Craig Martelle & Scott Moon [Martelle, Craig & Moon, Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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“You could muchly go back and let me handle this,” Mast said.

The passageway dropped sharply. Thad marveled at how high the ceiling was and how wide the passage was. From inside his airship, it had seemed much tighter. He wasn’t an expert on mineral deposits, but the area appeared rich, and they had only descended two hundred meters.

“Thank you, Mast. I keep telling myself that this is just one of Shaunte’s powerplays. I know how to do my job, and I’ve seen boomtowns before. SagCon is making money hand over fist, which means Shaunte is making money hand over fist. Sledge and Pene are hanging around the Mother Lode. They can help Pierre if it gets too wild.”

“Thank you for coming on this last part of my spirit quest. You are a true friend,” Mast said. “I do not believe ‘thank you’ is what Miss Shaunte is muchly saying right now.”

Maximus barked.

Thaddeus shined his light into the shadows, looking for more of the strange creatures that seemed to be associated with the ancient ship. Mast had tried to explain that these were different than the creatures that followed him up from the ship he found under Darklanding. When Thaddeus looked for details, the furtive monsters seemed exactly the same—spiderlike and afraid of light. In fact, they seemed afraid of everything.

Cornelius and Ruby led the way, setting a brisk pace. This was her third trip. Each time they arrived, the ship was different. Thaddeus thought it was turned slightly, but Cornelius assured him that was impossible.

“I think the ship moves while we are away,” Thaddeus said.

“It is covered with a greatly large amount of dust. If it moves, it must move very slowly.” Mast’s eyes widened. “If it moves, then maybe there is something inside of it, operating the controls.”

“That’s not the way the ship works,” Cornelius said without looking back.

“How does it work?” Thaddeus asked.

Ruby answered, “The ship picks a pilot. My money would be on Mast since he is native to this planet and the ship had to have picked this planet for a reason.”

“Or it has waited so long because it does not like my people or think we can go with it to the stars,” Mast said.

“Regardless of what happens, I will need Thaddeus to hide this place when it is done. We can’t have TerroCom poking around.”

“There’s something you’re not telling me,” Thaddeus said.

“You survived this cave complex once before, correct?” Cornelius asked.

“He very muchly did,” Mast said.

“Good. The last ship I found decided to bury itself rather than be taken. We probably should’ve brought Foreman Dickles and some of his miners with us,” Cornelius said.

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