Journey to the Top of the Nether (Tales of the Dissolutionverse Book 5) by William C. Tracy

Author:William C. Tracy [Tracy, William C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: space wizard, steampunk, dissolutionverse, science fiction, Jules Verne, science fantasy symphony
Publisher: Space Wizard Science Fantasy
Published: 2018-08-27T23:00:00+00:00

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“Can you make out the top yet?” I asked on the third day up from the tree and the Wall’s Nose. We were all still hanging off the beetle’s back while it trundled upward.

Mom had taken her telescope out, and hooked her harness nearer the beetle’s head as the wall dimmed. She was looking straight up. The waterfall was a curtain of rushing water to our left, and if I looked down, I could see the giant spray where it hit the Nose and turned into the cloud layer. There were still a bunch of rainbows down there.

“No—” she fell silent.

“What is it?” I asked. The majus and Wailimani also waited for her to answer. At least he isn’t complaining about his arms since we started riding the beetle. Only that his harness wasn’t comfortable, and that he was cold, and the ride was too bumpy…

“There’s a big hazy mass of light up there.” Mom panned the telescope left and right. “That might be the top, if it’s made of crystal like the walls, but there are little bits interfering with the light. I can’t make out what they are.”

“Can I try?” I asked. She handed the telescope down and I was careful not to drop it, with the beetle bumping along.

I looked up.

Yep, it’s a bunch of light. I moved the telescope left. And there’s the waterfall. It just keeps going, all the way to the top— I looked closer, trying to adjust the little focus knob on the top of the telescope. There’s something at the very top of the waterfall. I couldn’t figure out what it was, so I moved the telescope around. There are more things like whatever’s at the top of the waterfall.

“See anything interesting?” the majus asked.

I lowered the telescope. “Yeah, there’s an object up there, but I don’t know what it is. The same thing is at the top of the waterfall, too.”

“It is?” Mom took the telescope back. “You’re right, Natina. You have sharp eyes. I missed that.”

So what is it?

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