The End of the BeginningStannis Jellicoe stood at his window looking out. He loved this view, the lights and bustle of the port far beneath him combined with the ships manoeuvring as they came and went was something he found strangely relaxing, the true visual diamond though...
To Make an End is to Make a Beginning"Target destroyed." The ships computer trilled as confirmation of the sizable bounty award flashed up in the corner of the HUD, the pilot felt a brief flicker of empty satisfaction as his victim exploded before scanning his contacts panel for...
Secrets and Lies Part VIIIThe smuggler looked across at the man she was sharing the car with, she was impressed and at the same time rather alarmed. She was used to hard men, that came with the job but a man who could kill without hesitation, with no apparent remorse and with...
Secrets and Lies Part VIICarl 'Elbows' Hoiles was not the most cerebral of men, indeed not only his own mother would describe him as clever and Carl knew full well that people laughed at him behind his back for his inability to grasp even the most basic of ideas. They did make...
Secrets and Lies Part VIMerewick was in many ways the most vibrant district of New Rossyth, a bustling sprawl close to the shipyards and spaceport, the part of this city that truly did never seem to sleep. It had been built to house new migrants to the city, mostly drawn by...
Secrets and Lies Part V"No. A lot of the camera's around there are on the blink, I've got programs and people trying to pick up anything from what there is but it'll take time I'm afraid." "Time is something we don't have." Slaney murmured half to herself....
Secrets and Lies Part IVKira Goméz slumped back in her chair her head swimming and looked at her interrogators, these men were good. She had sometimes wondered if the flow of first rate information that came from the Alioth Intelligence Service was always legitimately obtained...
Secrets and Lies Part IIIDetective Chief Superintendent Janine Slaney of the New Rosyth Police was in a particularly foul mood as she was driven to work that morning, she was irritated enough that her break with her family had been spoiled, but that was just an occupational hazard...
Secrets and Lies Part IIThe transit pod accelerated rapidly along its tube, vertically downwards from the top floor of one of the tallest buildings in Alioth to below ground level at a speed close to a spacecraft launching. The escape route might be secure but it was hardly...
Secrets and Lies Part II took a cabin on a Beluga liner for the journey to Alioth, I was tempted to fly myself of course but a few days of total relaxation in luxurious surroundings after the exertions of the Rift proved far more appealing. Kira was in the city when I arrived...
