Wasteland of Flint by Thomas Harlan

Author:Thomas Harlan [Harlan, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-0765341136
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2005-05-30T22:00:00+00:00

Someone talking close by woke Anderssen from a sound sleep. She opened her eyes to find the tent dark and chill. The heating element on the roof spine was glowing faintly, but even with it working, the waste heat of their bodies and the heavy insulation could not keep the dreadful cold of the Ephesian night entirely at bay. Hummingbird was asleep beside her, his usual snore reduced to a gargling hum. Foggy with sleep, she peeled back the flap covering the transparent panel in the door. Nothing was moving outside. There was no wind rattling the tent or whining through the guylines holding down the ultralights. She frowned. I heard something. Someone was speaking to me.

Shaking her head, she pulled the edge of the sleepbag over her face and closed her eyes.

A hiss of static brought her entirely awake. Struggling out of the sack, Gretchen heard a voice—a human voice—trying to say something amid a wash and warble of heavy interference. Turning on her side, she groped for the comm on her z-suit and found the indicators glowing softly. A channel had come alive, the signal strength indicator fluctuating wildly. Lips tight, she twisted around to get the pickup bug in her right ear.

"Hatho ... sshhhsshh ..." The voice faded away, leaving only a buzzing hiss.

"Damn." Gretchen fiddled with the controls, but the voice did not return.

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