Entanglement by Martha Wells

Author:Martha Wells [Wells, Martha]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Speculative Fiction
ISBN: 9781905586035
Publisher: Fandemonium Ltd
Published: 2007-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Rodney said im patiently, “It does, if y ou consider the plague; she said her people thought thèCreators’ and the other race they tried to seed were wiped out by it. If it was at all sim ilar to the plague that destroy ed the Ancients in the Milky Way, we know how virulent it was, that they never discovered a cure.” Rodney paced, warm ing to his theory. “If these Ancients thought the only way to pass along their DNA was to use the Iratus bug m utation, which they already knew could be com bined with hum an DNA-” He stopped, facing them , pointing toward the sealed hatch. “If they controlled its developm ent, bred out the need to feed off sentient beings, m ade it as hum an as they could without allowing it to be susceptible to the plague, they could have produced som ething like Trishen. A Wraith-like being with pronounced hum an behavioral characteristics who has the Ancient gene.”

Tey la shook her head, looking away . “I hope y ou are right,” she said quietly .

“And she didn’t say her species couldn’t feed on sentient beings, Rodney ,” John pointed out. “She said they didn’t.” He lifted his brows. “That’s a big difference.”

The Wraith were taking their tim e searching the roof, so Ronon went into the j um per’s rear cabin, sitting on the bench to check his gun and sharpen his knives. Much as he would like to take on the whole group, he knew destroy ing the Mirror was

m ore im portant.

Sheppard, Tey la Em m agan, and McKay had died for it.

Finally Zelenka ducked into the rear cabin, say ing anxiously , “They are leaving the roof. There are only two left near the place where the others-Two, that’s good?”

Ronon’s m outh twisted in grim am usem ent. “That’s good.” He pushed to his feet, sliding his long knife back into the scabbard.

From the cockpit, Kusanagi said, “I can lift the j um per further up the shaft.” Ronon looked through the hatchway to see the HUD pop up a skeletal outline of the space directly above the j um per, showing the straight shaft and then what looked like a large doorway , m ay be two levels up. The im age was fuzzy on the edges, the Mirror still interfering with the ship’s scanning abilities. Kusanagi pointed. “There. That opening, m ay be it would give y ou a quicker route to the roof.”

Ronon nodded. “Try it.”

While Kusanagi slowly guided the j um per up the shaft, Ronon let Zelenka fuss around checking his radio and m aking sure his air tanks were topped off. The odd thing was that Ronon thought Zelenka was doing it because he really wanted Ronon to

com e back alive, not because he was afraid of being left with no one to guard him . “You have enough guns?” Zelenka asked him finally , waving a hand around at the supplies and weapons stored in the overhead racks.

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