Sidereal Quest by E. Robert Dunn

Author:E. Robert Dunn [Dunn, E. Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Inkpendent Publishing
Published: 2019-06-25T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:

After the storm struck, the clouds abruptly vanished; leaving a sky sprinkled with the brightest stars Retho had ever seen stretching overhead. The cold, harsh gleam of the planet's distant red supergiant star was a baleful, oppressive illumination -- casting jagged, ominous scarlet-hued shadows as it barely rose just on the horizon a short distance above the tips of remote mountain peaks. The warm yellow light of the twin suns had faded without witness during the thunderstorm; they now offered comfort half a world away. The rocky, ravine-hidden terrain that had slowed the aerofoil's pace gradually flattened to rolling prairie once again.

The Getabout soared over the damp desert at full throttle; etching itself on the unfolding horizon, they could see the familiar dome and the welcoming blink of the landing lights of the Pioneer Four. Anticipation of the return had Retho pressing the aerofoil to maximum velocity.

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