SALT: A Post-Apocalyptic Thriller by Colin F. Barnes

Author:Colin F. Barnes [Barnes, Colin F.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Anachron Press
Published: 2014-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

Tears were dripping down Eva’s face as she reflected on a similar experience.

On the destroyer, they had tried to make contact with no luck. Had tried to save other seagoing vessels, but the high winds and tall waves had capsized so many boats and ships that had tried to survive.

“After the seas finished rising,” Jim continued, “we had already lost ninety percent of our passengers. Many people took the life rafts, thinking they could make it back to land, not understanding that land was not a concept any more.

“Others just couldn’t go on. Those who left their families behind joined them in going over. I’ll never forget that. The sea was still warm as it came up from the Earth’s crust. We drifted down past Argentina toward the Western Peninsula of Antarctica. For a while we got stuck on drifting ice as the ice-shelf had completely come away from the main part of the continent. But within days it melted.

“Before our very eyes we watched an entire continent melt into the sea.

“We used the last of the fuel to head north up the west coast of the Americas. Our navigator relied on manual navigation, but with the near constant storms and the difficulty of spotting stars, we drifted off course.

“Eventually we ran aground here. The Bravo was already here. We managed to link the boats, using them as a safety barrier to bring other vessels in. During those early days we had nearly six hundred survivors.

“A year later, when you arrived, it was less than a quarter of that. But I’m getting ahead of myself. In those early days, radio communications were spotty. Some days we’d get through, most of the time not. I found that radio,” Jim pointed to the one in Eva’s hand, “on the Bravo.

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