Outpost by Adam Baker

Author:Adam Baker
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Publisher: Hachette Book Group
Published: 2011-07-03T22:04:28+00:00

The power was back. Nikki ran across the pump hall to the storeroom. She flicked a switch. Brilliant arc-lights.

She circled the boat. It was her first chance to examine it in detail. The integrity of the welds. The tightness of the bolts. She kicked it. She slapped the hull.

She looped the hoist-chain over the prow and stern, and pressed Up. The winch began to wind and the chain pulled taut. The boat creaked and slowly lifted from the floor.

She hit a wall button. Warning beacons strobed yellow. The

hatch in the floor beneath the boat split open like the bomb bay of a B52. Typhoon ice particles. The silver sails wafted and billowed.

Nikki stood at the edge of the abyss and looked down into darkness and freezing wind. That was where she was headed. If she chose to sail home alone she would have to leave the light and warmth of the rig behind and immerse herself in perpetual night.

Flutter of excitement. All she had to do was press Down.

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