Order of the Air Omnibus: Books 1-3 by Melissa Scott

Author:Melissa Scott [Scott, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SF
Publisher: Crossroad
Published: 2015-02-04T08:00:00+00:00

Alma pushed her hair back from her eyes, swinging her wedding ring over the tourist map that Lewis and Jerry tried to hold steady in the alley behind a closed shop. Fortunately, a little light came from the streetlight on the corner so that it was at least possible to read the map. Concentrate. Concentrate.

"He's moved west now," Jerry said, squinting at the map. "Jesus Christ, Mitch! Can't you stay in the same place for twenty minutes?"

"Basin Street?" Lewis shook the map, and Alma lost the trace.

She folded the ring into her hand and slipped it back on her finger, the piece of string balled in her palm. "How far is it?"

"Thirty blocks," Jerry said grimly.

"Oh, Jerry." There was no way to keep this up. Jerry couldn't hike around like this, and cabs were getting few and far between after midnight. Alma thought this through. "Ok, you go back to the hotel and get a hold of Henry. He's probably having a fit by now. Tell him what's up. Lewis and I will go to Storyville."

She thought for a second that Jerry would protest, but instead he broke out laughing. "There's a story for the newspapers! Aviatrix photographed in house of prostitution!"

"Is that what it is?" Lewis boggled.

"Storyville is the red light district," Jerry said.

"It used to be," Alma said. "Supposedly they cleaned it up after the war."

"Not so much," Jerry said.

"Why would Mitch…?" Lewis stopped, his ears flaming.

"Ours is not to wonder why. Ours is but to do or die," Jerry intoned.

Alma swatted him with the map. "Is this silly season? Can we keep our minds on what we're doing?"

"At least you're only taking one man to Storyville," Jerry said with a bitter laugh. "Instead of your usual harem."

"I don't think…" Lewis began.

"Jerry, go find Henry. Lewis, let's get moving." Alma folded the map and shoved it in her pocket. Thirty blocks was a long way.

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