Timegates by Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois

Author:Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois [Dann, Jack & Dozois, Gardner]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

"Ready?" He stood by the TDI. It was almost two weeks after the first attempt.

"Should we wear seatbelts?"

He grinned. Very much the man in charge. "You can have your little joke. But I've made some adjustments on the transition phase. I think I can promise we'll be at ground level this time." The twin mode lamps on the TDI went to green.

"Same destination?"

"Of course." He hovered over the Macintosh which would initiate the sequence. "Ready?"

I nodded, positioning myself near the table.

He touched the keyboard, and the tiny star reappeared. I turned away as it brightened. We got the electrical effects again, and the ozone. And the sudden, intoxicating bite of salt air. The hole was back.

It was night on the other side of the torus. A lovely evening, composed of a broad dark sea, blazing constellations, and a lighthouse. A quarter moon lay on the surface. Surf boomed, and a line of white water approached. I felt spray.

"Goddam." McHugh froze.

The ocean surged in. Black water crashed against the furniture, boiled around the walls, smashed the windows. And shorted the lights.

The hole collapsed.

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