MoonDust, Chapter 35
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 35 SACRED DUTY Waiting was the hardest part of any plan. They'd picked oh-two-hundred hours to launch their assault, but shortly after midnight the door rasped open. Startled out of her...
MoonDust, Chapter 34
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 34 SOLDIER GRAY They'd been given a stack of field rations at what Imogene's stomach said was dinner time. But that was hours ago, and neither Bruce nor Aaron had returned. Imogene gnawed a...
MoonDust, Chapter 33
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 33 RETURN An abandoned rifle lay in the dust, but Imogene didn't dare stop walking to retrieve it. Colonel Bychkov and one of her men with a sniper rifle were watching from the rim of Borda's...
MoonDust, Chapter 32
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 32 FRIENDS, RODENTS, COUNTRYMEN Less than an hour after the colonel left them, the cargo compartment's already dim lights went dark. They were too far away for the blinding white flash of the...
MoonDust, Chapter 31
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 31 ROADSIDE ATTRACTION The Armor Corps sergeant knelt, studying the dusty ruts left by a group of vehicles. Two sets of track diverged here, one heading into a steep-walled canyon on the left,...
MoonDust, Chapter 30
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 30 SHADES OF GRAY The new members of Sergeant Lauren Porter's squad received a motley assortment of scavenged armor and equipment. Imogene was glad she only needed a new rifle. Poorly fitted...
MoonDust, Chapter 29
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 29 LOST AND FOUND Time didn't matter on the dusty abandoned road. Imogene's chronometer ticked off the hours, but in the weeks-long lunar night, they were nothing but numbers. When she and Bruce...
MoonDust, Chapter 28
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 28 SEEDS OF BETRAYAL Imogene didn't know how long she slept. She hadn't meant to sleep at all, and berated herself for missing her chance to act. But glancing over to where Bruce made his...
MoonDust, Chapter 27
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 27 OUT OF TIME With all twenty-three survivors together, the common room felt crowded. The shelving units had long since been pushed aside, and crates set up for seating, but elbows and tails...
MoonDust, Chapter 26
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 26 CONVERSION Imogene woke to find the light from the corridor even dimmer than usual. Every second glow panel had been disconnected to save power. Noticeably cooler, the air tasted thick and...
MoonDust, Chapter 25
MoonDust: Falling From Grace © 2015 Ton Inktail 25 HELL OR HIGH WATER Imogene's dream of flooded fallout shelters and choking smoke seemed to have taken a night off, and while she wasn't exactly chipper, the next day found her ready to get...
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...