The Vigil by Martinez Chris W

Author:Martinez, Chris W. [Martinez, Chris W.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-08-20T07:00:00+00:00

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Sergeant Burgess watched through the viewfinder as the space station slipped below the eastern horizon. To the west, the sunset drowned in its bath of poisoned sky.

She hadn’t brought her orbital charts with her, but endless hours of studying the figures had seared them into her mind. She counted the months until the station’s next pass. Thanks to her training, she could track its movements with mathematical precision, down to the day and the hour. How much longer she could survive on her remaining supplies was a far harder question.

The desert faded to charcoal gray in the deepening dusk. She climbed out of the truck and began her weary trek back to the bunker. The sun would come up again. It always did. And for as long as she could, until she no longer had the strength to climb that ladder to the light, so would she.

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