by Timothy Zahn
"Not at all," Jin said. "The point is that among those four thousand colonists are seven hundred Cobras."
And suddenly, the atmosphere in the control room was charged with electricity. The Qasamans sat up a little straighter, flicking glances back and forth between them, and Jin could see in their faces a sense of understanding and a freshly renewed hope.
As well as a freshly renewed fear.
She couldn't blame them. They had grown up hating and fearing the Cobra Worlds, the people in general and the Cobras in particular. Now, suddenly, their leaders had ordered that those very Cobras be asked for help.
Would the ultimate result of that plea be Qasama's salvation? Or was it a pact with the devil that would lead to their ruin?
It was a question none of them could answer. Including Jin herself.
Typically, it was Khatir who broke the silence. "So what are we doing here?" he asked. "Let's get this ship fueled, and go find some demon warriors."
"I just hope some of them will be willing to come to Qasama to fight," Siraj added doubtfully.
"I know at least one who will," Jin told him, a sudden pang in her heart. "My husband is there. Along with my daughter."
Siraj snorted. "One Cobra? Yes, that will certainly bring us victory."
Zoshak stirred. "If he fights as do Jasmine and Merrick Moreau," he said quietly, "it very well might."
"There will be more," Jin promised.
And she meant it. Whatever it took, she would assemble a fighting force to take back with them.
Because the Tlossies were right. They needed a clear-cut human victory if they were to have any hope of rallying support among the other Troft demesnes. From the number of sentry ships encircling Aventine, it was clear that victory wasn't going to be achieved there. Not any time soon.
Perhaps that was only fitting. The war had begun on Qasama. One way or another, it was going to end there.
THE END
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Cobra Alliance-Cobra War Book 1
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-one
Chapter Twenty-two
