Third Life by Julie E. Czerneda

Author:Julie E. Czerneda [Czerneda, Julie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Word of a Nuarysen who won’t leave the Fair reached the spaceport an hour before Samoth and his colleagues were to leave the world and his heart soared.

He knew who it was. Hoped he knew why. Had to go and be sure.

The others were aghast. There’d be fines for any delay, fines draining the last of their savings, but he didn’t try to explain.

Samoth took a taxi back to the Fair. What remained of it. The aisles were gone, leaving a windy open courtyard girded by stacked posts and rolled carpets, to be stored until the twenty-sixth Goods Fair. Street lights cast more shadows than glow. Litter tumbled. Samoth ordered the taxi to wait and walked into the gloom.

Desperation. Illusion. With every step, the weight of his choice grew, crushing him with doubt. There was nothing for him here.

Until there was. At the sight of a cloaked figure, sitting alone on a small trunk, Samoth begins to run. “Joy!”

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