Starfall by Brad Strickland

Author:Brad Strickland [Strickland, Brad]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, General, Fiction
ISBN: 9780671510107
Google: nglDMFICu64C
Amazon: 067151010X
Barnesnoble: 067151010X
Publisher: Aladdin
Published: 1995-02-15T08:00:00+00:00

His mother came to stand beside him and brushed his hair into place. “You don’t know everything about your father,” she said softly. “Would it surprise you to know that Maurice and your grandfather quarreled over the vineyard? Not once, but many times?”

Jean-Luc blinked. “I didn’t know that. What was the problem between them?”

With a smile Yvette said, “The problem was that Maurice was his father’s son—just as you are Maurice’s son. Oh, Jean-Luc, you don’t know how very proud he is of you. He never tells you, and sometimes I think he keeps it a secret even from himself. But he is proud of you, and part of his pride is that you are who you are: intelligent, eager to succeed, and yes, stubborn. I think some part of him would be surprised or even hurt if you did not test again for Starfleet Academy.”

Jean-Luc sighed and put down the model starship. “It will be a very small part,” he said ruefully. “Most of him will want to kick me to the moon.”

“Well, perhaps not that far,” his mother said, and they both had a fit of giggling.

That made him feel somewhat better, but he kept to his room all that day, packing and reading. When he came out again, he carried his suitcase. He looked so woebegone that his mother took him quietly aside to speak to him about his decision. “If you think this is best,” she said with a smile, “you must go through with it. Not many decisions are easy, Jean-Luc. This one is at least clear.”

“I feel trapped,” Jean-Luc admitted.

The feeling did not leave him as his mother flew him into Paris in the aircar. Their goodbyes were brief.

Jean-Luc joined a loose gang of other young men and woman walking toward the complex of shining white stone and glass buildings. It looked as if it might be the headquarters of a small company or the campus of a minor technological college.

It was neither. Jean-Luc passed beneath an arch with lettering on it that read STARFLEET ACADEMY: EUROPEAN TESTING CENTER.

He took a deep breath. Whatever happened now, it was too late to back out. He had to see it through.

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