Tim stood up in the trench. He had been lying just over the top, firing out into no man’s land towards the enemy. He had emptied his machine gun’s ammunition and had to step down to the base, dug into the ground, to collect more. Hurriedly, he ran towards the store just a few meters [...]
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There were three quick, sharp tugs on the semi-taut rope and, suddenly, everything went dark. Henry, though, didn’t panic; he simply lay as still as he could and tried to remain totally silent. He was in a tunnel. And further up the chain of people, lit candles had been blown out and the far end [...]
Nathan was crouched on the far side of the courtyard. Beside him was his rifle and he was kitted out in the enemy uniform. He was hiding behind a stack of storage crates, each of which was being loaded onto the train carriage on the opposite corner from where he was positioned. Not only was [...]
Jolalipr Control Station continued along its line of orbit around the Niodom VI system. The body was actually the sixth moon of the planet Niodom, but it was the only inhabitable body: the temperature had to be artificially managed, but the atmosphere contained sufficient oxygen and there was naturally occurring water flowing. Although that was [...]
Andy didn’t have much medical training, but he knew that there was a good chance Mitch might lose his leg. It was in a pretty bad way after the accident. Mitch sighed. “Can we get Rhys to come back here?” “I’m sure he’ll find us,” Andy answered. “He’s quite a resourceful bloke.
