Shamar's War by Kris Neville

Author:Kris Neville
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pronoun

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When finally he slept, Shamar dreamed that the Party was a vast, invulnerable pyramid resting on the shifting base of the population. It was constructed to dampen out vibrations. The bottom quivered, and the quiver ran upward a few inches and was absorbed. The top of the pyramid remained stable, fixed and motionless, indifferent even to its own foundation. The pyramid was built like an earthquake-proof tower. It was built to last. The Party was built to govern. It need only devote itself to its own preservation. Any other issue was secondary.

It was an organic machine. The gears were flesh and blood. The people on top were maintenance engineers. Their job was to go around with an oil can that they could squirt when necessary to keep friction to a minimum.

He awakened the following morning ravenously hungry and was hugely disappointed by breakfast. Even discounting his somewhat biased viewpoint, the food was inedible.

Freed accepted Shamar’s share eagerly with the comment, “It’ll taste better after you miss a few meals. It always does.”

An hour later, the jailer came to open the cell.

“Shamar the Worker? Get your stuff. We’re going.”

Ge-Ge was waiting in the reception room. Her hair had been especially waved for the occasion. She wore a suit newly pressed and gleaming. She had tears in her eyes.

She fled to his arms. “Darling!” she cried, caressing his face with childlike wonder. “Was it awful? Did they beat you?”

“I’m fine.”

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