STARGATE ATLANTIS: The Furies (Book 4 in the Legacy series)
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Todd turned to her. “We cannot take on five ships, even with Colonel Carter as an ally. She was recovering fighters and her shields were down. It was time for us to retreat.”
One of the Wraith, the one who had gone on one knee to Teyla, raised his chin. “And to carry word of Queen Death’s treachery against our Queen to all who will hear!” His eyes shone as he looked at Teyla. “My Queen, this is war!”
“We are confirming the last of the 302s aboard,” Franklin said.
Another explosion rocked the ship, the scream of alarms showing a solid hit. The inertial dampeners compensated, but not before it threw Sam sideways against the helmsman’s chair. She grabbed at the backrest to stay upright. “Damage control?”
“We have hull breaches in A402 and A403,” Franklin said. “Also B402. The compartments are open to space.”
“Can you get an energy shield on it?” Sam snapped. The portside landing gear and the control matrices behind them. There shouldn’t have been personnel in there, but…
“Negative,” Franklin said. “We’ve completely lost the ventral shield.”
One of the cruisers was closing in, ready to beam over boarding parties. Unshielded, they’d have Wraith all over the ship.
“Open the hyperspace window,” Sam said. “Chandler, get us out of here.” It might be too late. She might have already waited too long. She might have already waited too long getting the last 302s aboard…
The forward windows lit with unfathomable fire, the first shockwave shaking the ship even as the hyperspace window opened, Queen Death’s hive ship exploding in a rain of visible light. Debris spread outward, propelled by the blast of the ZPM, gaining on the Hammond running before it like a skiff before a tidal wave.
The window was open, and the Hammond passed through.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: The Prisoner
Chapter 2: Holding the Fort
Chapter 3: Guide’s Play
Chapter 4: Quicksilver
Chapter 5: Rain
Chapter 6: Disguises
Chapter 7: A Game of Queens
Chapter 8: The Last War
Chapter 9: Sheppard and Guide
Chapter 10: Quicksilver
Chapter 11: Interfaces
Chapter 12: Son of the Ancients
Chapter 13: Beneath the Ice
Chapter 14: Command Decisions
Chapter 15: Quicksilver
Chapter 16: Home Truths
Chapter 17: Challenger
Chapter 18: Osprey
Chapter 19: Snow
Chapter 20: Croatoan
Chapter 21: The Gift of Life
Chapter 22: The Things You Leave Behind
Chapter 23: Original Sin
Chapter 24: Compromises
Chapter 25: Devils and Dust
Chapter 26: Collateral Damage
Chapter 27: Disclosures
Chapter 28: Steelflower
Chapter 29: Two Queens
Chapter 30: Revenant
Chapter 31: Tiger by the Tail