“What a rush!” Nick said.
“I would have preferred to overthrow that woman,” Slate said matter-of-factly.
“This isn’t our world any longer,” I said, feeling it through and through.
“Were they going to kill us?” Nick asked.
I didn’t know, but the chances were high. Naidoo might have even used us as bargaining chips in her negotiation.
“It doesn’t matter. I’m sorry, guys, but we can’t stay here.” Mary walked the closed ramp, and into the storage area.
We made our way to the bridge, where Clare greeted us with a big smile. “Oh my God, that was exciting!”
“More like terrifying. We could have died. It was awesome.” Nick was turning into a regular adrenaline junkie.
I flipped the viewscreen to show behind us as we raced away through the atmosphere and kept going. No ships followed us that we could see, and I flipped on the cloaking from the console. “Slate, thank God you knew about that jamming signal unit in our supplies.” I checked and found the real Deltra device where I’d left it on the bridge. The one I’d left down there was comprised of spare parts from the engineering room,
“Yeah, should be a while before they realize why their radio communication isn’t working,” he laughed.
We bristled with hope and energy, but quickly grew sober at the ramifications. Earth housed just under two billion people, and they were all under a direct threat now.
“What are we going to do?” Clare asked, the jovial moment over.
“We go home,” Mary said, holding my hand, “to our new world.”
“Set course for New Spero,” I said. We’d survived another day.
New World: The Survivors Book Three
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Red Creek by Nathan Hystad
Did you enjoy The Event? Why not try Red Creek, a horror novel by Nathan Hystad. Coming Soon.
There’s a dark shadow over Red Creek.
Once a best-selling horror author, Paul Alenn is in a slump. His wife and daughter are across the country, leaving him alone in his Central Park-adjacent New York townhouse.
When his sister calls, asking for help packing up his estranged mother’s house in his old hometown, Red Creek, he decides to put the past behind him and face his demons.
What he finds back home is an ongoing mystery that stems from his childhood, a time he has no recollection of. When a boy is taken on his second night in the Creek, Paul starts to unravel a dark past…one he hadn’t even known was buried. All paths lead to the orchard and the eccentric owners, but Paul doesn’t know if the shadow he keeps seeing is real, or his imagination’s cover-up of a traumatic event.
With help from his former best friend, his brother-in-law, and a cranky old sheriff, Paul digs up the truth of the shadow looming over Red Creek.
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This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, names, incidents, organizations, and dialogue in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
Cover art: Tom Edwards Design
Edited by: Scarlett R Algee
Proofed by: BZ Hercules