Freedom Fire by Daniel José Older

Author:Daniel José Older [José Older, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2019-09-01T16:00:00+00:00

MAGDALYS WAS PRETTY sure she was screaming.

Someone definitely was. Or maybe many someones. Or maybe it was the wind, shrieking the sound of Magdalys’s panic as the line where the earth met the sky steepened.

Stella’s urgent caw slid into a grittier, more determined growl and the giant ptero sped at full velocity toward the treetops.

Elizabeth’s chain-hook had swung wide and then dropped uselessly to the side at the sudden change of trajectory, and now the Confederate dinomaster was clinging desperately to the neck of her mount, teeth clenched. “It won’t work, you fool!” she howled over the wind.

Magdalys glanced back. Mapper and Amaya had both grasped Hannibal and were holding each of his hands as his legs flew out in the wind behind. Cailloux and Octave had been thrown to the back of the saddle but then managed to secure themselves. Archaeops and dactyls still grappled above them.

Back on Stella’s chest, Elizabeth was peering nervously at the fast-approaching treetops. Finally, just as the dark leaves began to take shape behind her, she snarled and spurred Rathbane to release. The giant archaeop swooped away, tearing a few new gashes in Stella’s hide as he went, and Stella evened out into a smooth glide over the forest.

BRADAGA-BRAGADA-BRAGADA-BRAGADA Cailloux’s Gatling sang, but when Magdalys turned, it was Amaya behind the turret. Out in the sky behind them, Elizabeth swung Rathbane into a dazzling series of evasive maneuvers and then, when Amaya’s barrage didn’t let up, simply turned tail and sped off into the night followed by what was left of the fluttering archaeop swarm.

Magdalys exhaled, then glanced over Stella’s shoulder at the still bleeding gashes.

Come on, girl, she thought, let’s get you on the ground.

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