The Outback Stars by Sandra McDonald

Author:Sandra McDonald [McDonald, Sandra]
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science fiction, General, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction - Science Fiction, Science Fiction - General, High Tech, Space Opera, Adventure, Fantasy, Science Fiction And Fantasy, Science Fiction - Military
ISBN: 9780765316431
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2007-04-16T19:30:00+00:00

“Congratulations,” she said. “You’re going to make a fine officer.”

Quenger was more boisterous. He thumped Sergeant Kesnicki on the back, mourned at how low Team Space standards had fallen, and then dumped a pitcher of beer over her head.

“Classy,” Myell observed, but Timrin laughed loudly.

The music on the overvids began and several couples started danc-ing. The floor was sticky with spilled beer, the air hotter than usual. Myell loosened his collar. He felt like an outcast teenager at a school dance on Baiame. If he listened hard enough he could hear the prairie wind, the crackle of fields killed by drought, the creak of a corpse swinging from the kitchen rafters. Then the wind became the hissing of a Rainbow Serpent, and the overvids became the serpent’s scales as it arched across the stars—

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