Storm of Damocles (Space Marine Battles) by Justin D Hill
Author:Justin D Hill [D Hill, Justin]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2020-05-01T00:00:00+00:00
Chapter Seventeen
Shipmaster Ferral brought the news of their successful translation directly to Nerguiâs chamber. Kill Team Faith kept to their own decks for the two weeks it took the strike cruiser Nemesis to make the warp jump. The corridors of the Space Marine quarters were silent, except for the thud of a distant boltgun.
Nerguiâs chambers were at the base of the bridge, looking out over the dorsal lance batteries. She felt her pulse rising as she turned left from the lift and tapped gently on his door. It opened in moments, Nerguiâs black-armoured shape filling the doorway.
It always surprised her, when she had been away for more than a few weeks â the size and proportions of the Adeptus Astartes. She flinched.
His voice was a deep rumble. âShipmaster.â
For a moment she forgot why she had come, and then it came out in a rush. âWe have made contact with the Valete. They report the insertion successful.â
âThank you, shipmaster,â Nergui said. âHas Batbayarâs Northwind arrived yet?â
âNot yet, sire.â
âLet me know as soon as that happens. Until then, we remain in blackout.â
âYes, sire,â she said, and the door closed.
Two days later, the Northwind exited the warp with a sudden flash of blue energy, her gun batteries and launch bays wreathed in tendrils of warp energy as she hit real space. Shipmaster Ferral brought the Nemesis alongside the Northwind, and when the two strike cruisers â one black, one white â came to within a hundred miles of each other, a black Thunderhawk launched from the Nemesis, bound for the White Scars.
On board, Nergui was tense at the thought of returning to his brothersâ craft.
He had enjoyed it too much, he thought, and the voice of his mother in the catacombs of Picketâs Watch had woken memories he had thought long forgotten.
The Thunderhawk landed in the same bay as before, but now the White Scars Thunderhawks had gone, and there was only the venerable Fire Raptor, Obos, with attentive servitors milling along her fuselage. As Nergui came down the assault ramp, Ganzorig strode out to greet him. If there were any hard feelings between Nergui and the Red Tangut they appeared to have been buried.
âWelcome, captain,â the White Scar said. âThe khan is eager to see you. He asked me to tell you to come to the Eyrie. I can summon a servo-skull to show you the wayâ
Nergui marched into the White Scars ship. âNo. I know the way.â
The Eyrie was a nickname Nergui and Batbayar had for the observation tower that rose up behind the bridge. It was the highest point you could reach on a strike cruiser. You could look back over the engines, into the darkness of space, or forwards along the spine of the craft, or out to either side, over the gun batteries. It was Nerguiâs favourite place on a cruiser â a place where he could stand and watch and think.
Batbayar had clearly remembered this.
The White Scars he passed did not even give him a second glance. It was as if they could see through the black on his armour to the white beneath.
Download
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.
Sita - Warrior of Mithila (Book 2 of the Ram Chandra Series) by Amish(53750)
The Crystal Crypt by Dick Philip K(36389)
Cat's cradle by Kurt Vonnegut(14721)
Always and Forever, Lara Jean by Jenny Han(14437)
Ready Player One by Cline Ernest(13928)
The Last by Hanna Jameson(9775)
Year One by Nora Roberts(9274)
Persepolis Rising by James S. A. Corey(8920)
The remains of the day by Kazuo Ishiguro(8349)
Never let me go by Kazuo Ishiguro(8264)
Red Rising by Pierce Brown(8217)
Dark Space: The Second Trilogy (Books 4-6) (Dark Space Trilogies Book 2) by Jasper T. Scott(7885)
The handmaid's tale by Margaret Atwood(7415)
The Circle by Dave Eggers(6816)
Frank Herbert's Dune Saga Collection: Books 1 - 6 by Frank Herbert(6670)
The Testaments by Margaret Atwood(6452)
Legacy by Ellery Kane(6371)
Pandemic (The Extinction Files Book 1) by A.G. Riddle(6157)
Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty(5791)
