Blind Waves by Steven Gould

Author:Steven Gould [Gould, Steven]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Action & Adventure, Mystery & Detective, Space Opera, Fiction, Science Fiction, Women Sleuths
ISBN: 9780982911945
Google: afmHfS0Fp2cC
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Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2001-01-15T05:00:00+00:00

“Mostly. Sometimes it’s the perpetrator. Sometimes I can turn a petty offender around before he’s ruined himself or others. A private word to him or his CO.”

“Where do you draw the line?”

They reached the far wall. Thomas shrugged, then realized she couldn’t see that. “Where does gray become black? I won’t condone abuse of prisoners. I won’t condone drug trafficking. Petty customs evasion? Maybe. Minor drug use? Depends. Dereliction of duty in the path of profit? No. Suborning others from their duty—well, I’ve got a personal problem with that one.”

She moved to him, touching his face. “I can see that. Ready to dive?” He kissed her. “Yes.”

It was getting easier, despite some fatigue. Diving down into the dark was hard because of the unknown. Knowing what to expect made it much easier. The lingering fear was that he’d surface on the other side and Patricia wouldn’t.

But she did.

They stopped talking for a while, putting more of their energy into swimming,

upping the pace a little to generate warmth. They kept the kiss before each dive,

though.

After three more hexes, Patricia said, “Time to change, I think. Let’s go

downcurrent, now, across the seawall. There’ll be another hex, then the lagoon.”

“Aye, aye.”

“Pay the toll.”

They kissed and dove. The current pulled them easily under the walls, and they ascended holding hands, then swam across the hex. There was a glow visible from down in the water.

“City lights?” Thomas asked.

“Yeah.”

“What can I expect on the other side?”

“It depends on how far we’ve come, but we clearly haven’t come as far as the subdivision itself or we’d have another hex immediately on the other side of the wall and no light. On the other hand, the light means we’re nearly there ‘cause the stretch between Matagorda and Playa del Mar is pretty dark. So, we’ve probably got a bunch of floating docks and a bunch of boats. That’s good, ‘cause if we come up under the docks, we’re shielded from our friends with the IRI—?”

“IRIAD. Good. Anything else?”

“One very important thing. Breathe out all the way up if you don’t want a lung

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