Escape From Hell by Niven Larry & Pournelle Jerry

Author:Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry [Niven, Larry & Pournelle, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fantasy, Science Fiction, Horror, Adventure, Religion, Philosophy
ISBN: 9780765316325
Amazon: 0765316323
Goodreads: 3621648
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 2009-02-01T08:00:00+00:00

“Father, I’m scared.”

“And you seek absolution,” Father Camillus said. “But you seem to have escaped already. How did you do that?”

“Allen burned me. He came to the desert, collected fire, and brought it back to burn my tree to ashes.”

“That could not have been easy.”

“Father, it must have been terrible. He was burned horribly. Allen, thank you. You were a hero.” She gasped. “Allen! You had to go uphill from the desert to bring fire to burn me! Maybe—could it be that you were meant to do that? Oh, you are my Sign, you are!”

I wasn’t sure what to say, so I didn’t say anything.

Sylvia visibly calmed herself. “So, yes, I’ve escaped. But I don’t know if I’ve been forgiven.”

“And I do not know if I can give you forgiveness. But perhaps—Allen, how far into the desert were you before you turned back?”

“I could see this place. As a mirage, but I could see it.”

“That means little. People see my refuge from vast distances. But you were able to go from the desert into the wood. On a merciful errand.”

“If you call burning her a merciful errand.”

“Allen, I do,” Sylvia said.

“It seems plain enough,” Father Camillus mused. He turned to me. “Allen, confession is private.”

“Sure, I’ll go outside.”

“Just outside the door will do. I will be as brief as permitted.”

“Sure. Can I take an ice cream with me?”

“I would think so, but it may not last long out there.”

“I may be back in faster than you think,” I said. “There are nasty people out there.”

“I know.”

“Allen—thank you,” Sylvia said.

“Chocolate, please,” I said. I took the cone and stood outside the door.

WITH frozen chocolate in my mouth and fire in my hair and my toes, it seemed very clear that I should stay with Father Camillus for the rest of eternity. I knew perfectly well that I couldn’t do that. The place would have been jammed with damned souls all fighting for the last cubic inch. Hellish.

Oh, well.

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