Eaten Alive by Whitman John

Author:Whitman, John [Whitman, John]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Under his helmet, he heard wind rush past his ears in a muffled moan, and he had to squint his eyes so they wouldn’t tear. The white wall rushed toward him.

Fifteen meters.

Some slashers had a reputation for being lazy, unambitious delinquents. In Zak’s case it wasn’t true. You had to be brave and very ambitious to try a vertical ride. Even with the anticollision system, it took real courage to stay calm while you hurtled at high speed toward a solid wall.

Ten meters.

Zak kept his mind on his next move. The real trick to a vertical climb wasn’t getting the nose up-the skimboard did most of the work for you. It was the moment afterward. Once the board banked, its nose was pointing straight up into the air. That meant the bottom-side repulsors were pushing off the wall. Unless the rider kept his balance perfectly, and cut power to the bottom repulsors at just the right moment, the board would push off the wall, flipping the rider over and dropping him straight into the ground.

Five meters.

Zak braced himself.

One meter.

Now!

Zak leaned back as the anticollision kicked in. The nose of the skimboard tilted up and Zak tilted with it. Suddenly he was looking up at the sky. Using the foot controls, he transferred power from the bottom repulsors to the rear engine, trying to gain altitude.

But he forgot to compensate for the skimboard’s newly improved engine.

The same thrusters that had pushed him off the ground were now pushing him away from the wall. Zak and his board tipped over backward.

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