Chapter 27
“This is not that, Clarabelle. I am truly sorry for what you’re about to see, though I am happy to welcome you away from the world of black and of white and into the world of gray.” The Alpha boarded the lift, indicating his work here was done. Claire locked all the recent data down with Captain-level clearance. She waited until the curvature of Ganymede made any readings on this dead habitat become impossible, so the crew couldn’t know her secret…
On this episode of Mindframe, Claire Campana finally has her sit down with the Alpha, and it doesn’t go quite as she expects. As they travel using the brutal NDE engines, they leap across the solar system to find a hidden habitat, a message from the past, and a secret that will realign Claire’s perception about the mission and who she should even be allied with.
Penny touched Grim’s stomach, danced her fingertips to the burn scars from when the Maglici family had him in chains, hit him with electricity,...
C “Cargo ship Lam Tin. Make no further course adjustments, kill your thrust, and prepare for boarding. You will be fired upon for failure...
“And do you think the Alpha is actually sane still? Do you think any of the Messengers went through contact without being irrevocably changed?” ...
