Freedom's Ransom by Anne McCaffrey

Author:Anne McCaffrey [McCaffrey, Anne]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Science fiction; English
ISBN: 9780552149099
Publisher: Corgi
Published: 2003-03-03T00:00:00+00:00

and takeoff vessel gave Tower

Control crews, they would handle their appearance at Jomo Kenyatta

International Airport with more aplomb if they had to land there. Kris decreed

that, since the rolls had been so useful in New York, she didn't see why they

wouldn't be in Kenya, where they might meet more people who would be delighted

with freshly baked bread. The notion of baking her way across the Atlantic and

the Dark Continent left her grinning.

She did her baking with the help of Clune and Floss. The girl was still a

restless type and had not liked being immured in the KDM the previous day when

"everyone else" appeared to be out and about and having fun. She ignored the

fact that Ferris and Clune had lugged heavy sacks of potatoes back to the

ship, and that Bazil and Peran had carried in bundles of carrots and greens.

They had been out and about her native planet. Kris recognized a certain merit

in her argument and hoped she would be able to include Floss in some unusual

activity at their current destination, even if she only helped with the rolls

and bread they were going to use as goodwill offerings. She couldn't remember

if Kenyans ate bread as a rule but it had once been a British colony and

probably bread was known, no matter what other cereal grain was more popular.

Jax remembered something about manioc but didn't know what it was. Kathy had

suggested rice but Kris didn't think Kenya was rice country, which required

irrigated fields. Kenya did have avocados, bananas, and other fresh fruits

that might be available. They'd just have to wait and see. A banana, Kris

thought whimsically, would taste very good. It had been so long since she had

had one!

They were not challenged on the flight. The Atlantic Ocean was not that

exciting from a high altitude. Even Africa was more a pattern of greens and

beiges as they sped across it on the great circle route. Jax handled the

controls well as they dropped out of hypersonic space, being high enough for a

view of Lake Rudolph and the ripple of the

Rift Valley. Nairobi Tower welcomed them in their space and gave them

directions to their destination.

ollow the big road northwest fifty miles: you can probably see it-it's the C-84 and keep the Karura forest on the port side. You're looking for a small

town among ridges. About thirteen land kilometers from the airport. We

understand that you are VTOL and there is sufficient parking in front of the

warehouse to accommodate you." "Over, Nairobi, and thank you. Out."

"They said they were from Botany," they heard the air controller say.

"Where the hell's Botany?" Whatever response he got was lost as he shut off

his microphone but those in the cockpit grinned at his confusion.

They found the site without too much trouble. The forest was unmistakable

and the road twisted, visible to the starboard of the thick trees. Jax reduced

airspeed. In fact, she laughed that it took almost more time to lose speed

than it did to make the transatlantic segment.

It was easy to follow the road, visible through the lush forestry when the

land swept upward to the very edge of the Rift Valley area.

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