by Paul Lucas
I sipped afghuri tea on a ledge a few levels up in the Tower in my ninth month or pregnancy, the birth of Lerner's children just a few weeks away. In many ways it was a perfect day; what clouds there were were white, puffy, and near-swallowed by the horizon haze. Nearby, a small helistat settled down onto the large cleared field, the shadow of the hovering Builder ship and the Tower almost neatly intersecting it like a gigantic X. All around it, Myotan youngsters wheeled and dived through the air, their laughter carrying far as the engines on the great airship eventually slowed to a halt.
I smiled, laying my tool-fingers on my now enormous belly. One of the children kicked gently, as if anxious to get out into the world and on with life.
My grin broadened. My adventures were just beginning.
End
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This novel took a number of years to come together, and I have many people who gave me advice and support along the way. I just want to send a big thanks to all of them:
Cindy Luczkowiak, Phil Reed, Christopher Shy, Leo Haggerty, Pat Dandrea. Doug Jagoda, Hammen Schammen, Fred Macfarlane, Sarah McFarlane, Justin Cobb, Alex Breakell, Dave, Kevin, Ben, Jonathan, Kevin Miller, Matthew Keevil, Robert Gurbat, and probably a number of others who I just can't recall at the moment. Thank you very much, everyone!
CONTACT THE AUTHOR
Email: [email protected]
Website: http://www.orbiatlvector.com
OTHER WORKS by PAUL LUCAS
MOONFUR AND OTHER TALES (Short Story Anthology)
THE FANTASY ENVOY SERIES
(Fantasy Erotica--Mature Readers Only)
THE CLERIC'S FAREWELL
THE MAD KING'S ROAD
THE ELF WIFE (Coming Soon!)
CO-AUTHORED with PHILLIP VELASQUEZ
DRYAD (Science Fiction)
MARIONETTE (Fantasy)
SELKIE (Fantasy)
CIRCE'S PETS (Fantasy)
