Space Colony One Books 1--3 by J.J. Green

Author:J.J. Green
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: InfiniteBook
Published: 2021-09-06T00:00:00+00:00

ETHAN WAS WRAPPED IN threads and they were pulling him down, down, down into the river. His eardrums and lungs felt like they would burst. It was pointless for him to cling onto life until the very end, he knew, yet he couldn’t help it. A part of him continued to fight against inevitability.

Where were the threads taking him? To a gaping maw on the river bed where he would be eaten alive? Or would they squeeze him ever tighter and tighter, biting through his flesh, slicing him into pieces?

Panic forced his eyelids open. The river water was murky and stung his eyes. The current as well as the predatory threads was pulling him. He couldn’t hold his breath any longer. A bubble of air forced its way out from his lungs. He fought the urge to breathe in. He was dizzy and sleepy. Calmness and serenity began to replace his fear.

It was a pity he had to die. He had so much to live for, but then again, death came to everyone in the end. Ethan only wished he could have said goodbye to Cariad. She would never know what had happened to him. He hoped the colony would succeed and that she would live a long and happy life.

Another bubble of air slipped from his lips and was lost in the murkiness. He didn’t have long now. He was glad his death wouldn’t be any worse than this. He felt peaceful and ready to go.

His head broke the surface. Shock made him gasp and he drew in deep lungfuls of sweet air. He had only a moment to wonder what was happening and take in a view of the wide, brown river and distant bank before the threads pulled him under again. Again, they dragged him so deep that the water pressed in on him.

The breath of air had given him new hope and vigor. He battled the enveloping threads, writhing and kicking against the tight bonds, but it was no use. He was so tightly wrapped he could barely move his limbs.

Just as he thought he would die if he didn’t breathe, his head popped above the surface again. He drew in air quickly. He had no idea what the threads were doing, but if a few more minutes of life were being offered to him, he would take them. This time the landscape had changed. He caught a glimpse of the arch-rooted plants with draping branches before he was pulled under once more.

The threads were dragging him at enormous speed. They had taken only minutes to travel a distance it had taken him days to traverse.

As he edged perilously close to drowning for the third time he slammed into a hard surface. With his remaining consciousness he wondered where he was. He hadn’t expected to hit anything hard on the bottom of the river. He’d expected soft, slimy mud. Unless he’d impacted a wide, flat stone? But it hadn’t felt like stone. The surface he was pressed against was smooth and regular.

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