The Covenant of the Crown by Howard Weinstein

Author:Howard Weinstein [Weinstein, Howard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, Fiction, General
ISBN: 9780839828860
Publisher: Gregg Press
Published: 1985-01-01T08:27:41+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Nars hated being in a spaceship. He felt boxed in, controlled, like a lab animal. The starship’s mazelike corridors increased the illusion, so he’d been staying in his quarters as much as possible. Boatrey had been sharing the two-room cabin with him, but the stable hand was now off eating with Eili and Dania. Nars was hungry, but he knew his stomach wouldn’t keep a meal down, knotted as it had been since Captain Kirk told him they were going to Zenna Four.

As much as he disliked the confinement of the ship, the vast emptiness of space was far worse. Nars had always been a man who liked solid ground underneath his feet, with horizons farther off than the mere reach of his hand. He liked to know there were places he could go if he had to—places to seek things out, places to escape things. It was a freedom that worked both ways. A vessel, however large, out in interplanetary space—that was a combination that offered him no solace at all.

He jumped involuntarily when the call came through from the bridge—the Enterprise was entering orbit around Zenna Four, and his presence was requested in the Transporter Room.

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