The Cold Wind II: Taniwha (Ch 06 - 07)
Chapter Six * * * It had taken several days of constant thrust from the fission-powered ion engine for the _Valentina Tereshkova_ to reach the Lagrange point out behind the Moon where the huge alien vessel waited for them. Days spent practicing for...
The Cold Wind II: Taniwha (Ch 03 - 05)
Chapter Three * * * When they were alone, Antonio smiled at Vasya and gestured around the cramped module. "Well, I'm all yours, man. Wanna give me the two-dollar tour?" He was a little surprised when the cosmonaut hesitated and almost appeared a...
The Cold Wind II: Taniwha (Ch 01 - 02)
Chapter One * * * "Disregard the consequences and divert power from life-support, Ancestor's curse you! Restoring function to the shields takes precedence!" Stride-To-Victory roared at his chief engineer while grabbing at a blackened and smoking...
The Cold Wind II: Taniwha (preface)
Edited by Dr. Richard E. Grant * * * © Copyright 2008 - Kane Archer/LINCARD1000, all rights reserved. All characters, locations, scenes, story etc are completely fictional, no animals were harmed in the making of this story, printed on...
The Cold Wind (Ch 46 - End)
Chapter Forty-Six * * * "Alright, spread out," Crystal whispered into her communications link to the other warriors in her vicinity. She winced when somewhere, off in the distance, there was another muffled «_Whump!_» when some unlucky warrior set...
The Cold Wind (Ch 08 - 10)
Chapter Eight * * * After rendezvousing back at the shuttle, they quickly stowed their gear. Stowing the two unconscious humans proved to be more problematic. It was Tusker who first realized the issue. "We should tread carefully. These humans are...
The Cold Wind (Ch 05 - 07)
Chapter Five * * * Pointing a talon at a spot on one of the small view-screens, Crater leaned over and yelled at Slash-To-Kill who was wrestling with the controls of their cramped vessel through the howling chaos of their meteoric descent. "This...
The Cold Wind (Ch 01 - 04)
Preface * * * In order to make this whole novel more readable and so that you can concentrate on the story and the characters, I have endeavored to blend as much of the technobabble into the background as possible. Rather than coming up with lots of...
The Cold Wind (Ch 39 - 45)
Chapter Thirty-Nine * * * "Tainui asked me a rather strange question today," Two-Talon mentioned to Hunts-In-Grass while they lay together in the sleep-webbing that evening. The warrior turned to him in the darkness. "What did he say, lover, hrrr?"...
The Cold Wind (Ch 35 - 39)
Chapter Thirty-Five * * * During the following days, at his lover's request, Hunts-In-Grass attempted every method he could think of to try and locate the human. Although Dark-Mist professed ignorance about the human's location he wasn't fooled even...
The Cold Wind (Ch 30 - 34)
Chapter Thirty * * * "_Why can't I see him?_" Tainui was becoming increasingly frustrated by the unresponsive _New Home_ warriors standing guard outside his room. He knew damned well they could understand him because they had the small, translucent...
The Cold Wind (Ch 26 - 29)
Chapter Twenty-Six * * * It took another few hours to get the last generator installed and connected into the shuttle's controls. Once completed the four of them stood around the cockpit control console, looking at each other uncertainly....