MoonDust, Chapter 24
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 24 POWER PLAY _Smoke coiled through empty streets, black snakes flowing on an icy wind. Cold. So very cold. Water dripped from her fur, freezing where it hit the cobblestones, soaking the dead...
MoonDust, Chapter 23
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 23 BREATHING ROOM Imogene and Bruce herded their prisoners down the stairs. Imogene went through the airlock first and stepped out to find Lauren and Alexei waiting. Both still wore their much...
MoonDust, Chapter 22
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 22 BORDA The last rays of the setting sun illuminated the installation below them. Set into a small, cirque-like valley about halfway up Borda Crater's north rim, it consisted of a central...
MoonDust, Chapter 21
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 21 HOOFING IT Imogene picked herself up out of the dust for what felt like the thousandth time. They'd been traveling steadily for the better part of ten hours and were nearing the crest of a...
MoonDust, Chapter 20
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 20 ANNIHILATION Imogene studied the map on her heads-up display as they hiked north, but with the LPS satellites shot down it was more trouble to scroll to their current location than the low...
MoonDust, Chapter 19
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 19 CONTAINMENT A third of the way along the wide valley which ramped up to Santbech Crater's southern rim, their lone Paladin pulled to a stop. Ahead, the double line of hills flanking the...
MoonDust, Chapter 18
What would a meteoroid which could damage an armored conduit under a metre of moon dust do if it hit a person?
MoonDust, Chapter 17
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 17 EVAC Half an hour later, everyone gathered in the mess hall. Those who had somehow managed to sleep through the alert and subsequent launch had been roused and filled in. Gwen even laid out an...
MoonDust, Chapter 16
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail **16 THE FALL** The deep-throated blare of an alarm jolted Imogene from slumber. Instinctively, she slapped at her chronometer to silence it, but the howling continued, coming from a speaker above...
MoonDust, Chapter 15
The three-second time lag between earth and moon passed before her mother responded. the older caribou's face softened, ears folding back in relief. "imogene, i'm glad you're okay. josh...josh got hurt."
MoonDust, Chapter 14
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 14 PONS It was well past lunchtime when Jack called over the comm to announce they had finally arrived. They spent a few more minutes navigating through the base's access tunnel and airlock, then...
MoonDust, Chapter 13
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 13 ROAD TRIP Once again, Imogene had all her personal belongings in a duffel bag slung across her shoulder. But this time, she also wore ninety kilos of armor and toted an assault rifle. The...