“Looks like a great day for sightseeing,” Brynlin says. “We’re gonna stand out in these clothes. We need to look like tourists.” “Cypress,” Alyx’s voice instructs, “open the extra pack. The code [...]
Excerpt from ‘Daniel Everhart and the Skylands of Caterra: Guarinot’ Skyjo speaking— “Ladies, ladies . . .” Skyjo struts beside us and pulls back his jacket to reveal two laser guns. He [...]
Cadmus dives to the floor, grabs Brynlin, and pulls her up in front of him. “Drop it, scums, or this pretty thing will be no more.” I hear metal strike the floor behind me. Must be Skyjo and [...]
The rock surface splits open to expose a dozen ancient steps that disappear into a smoldering haze. The ground shakes, and a growl rumbles like distant thunder from the hole. I look up to see [...]
“You were noticed yesterday,” Harrison says during the evening meeting. Mom and Joost are handing out bowls of peach cobbler and ice cream, and I’m scooping my fourth shovel full from the bowl [...]
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There it is! D-P-E. Written on the wood in black permanent marker. The letters are inside a square frame, and it only takes me a second to realize the frame is where the wood has been cut out. I [...]
The weight of grade-determining tests hangs like the arrival of a north Texas ice storm. Or a giant shoe, threatening to squash us like cockroaches. Students walk around in a silent stupor. [...]
I ease onto an overhanging rock and look down. The view steals my breath. Thousands of meters below, I see Caterra’s surface. Of all the mountaintops I’ve visited, nothing compares to this. Then [...]
