Ceremony (1986)
“She gripped Bestrei’s great black ghost tightly and drove it at the alien starship.
The suppressor suits worn by the brethren were powerful, but they could not withstand the great black. Images of insects in campfire coals crossed Marika’s mind as she listened to dying cries haunting the otherworld.
She reached out to her allies--those who had not yet vanished into the Up-and-Over--and summoned them back to the struggle. Bestrei is no more, cowards! Come! Let us put an end to this tale.
Marika ...directed her darkship to orbit, following Bestrei, watching as the Serke’s titanium voidship heated white hot and began to burn. She felt those on the planet below pause, watch the glow streak across their sky, and realize what it meant. She reached, pulled the great black toward her.
Could she force it down there, to the surface itself, to complete the conquest of the brethren? She tried, but the black’s resistance was too much for her. She did not have the strength to overcome its will to avoid large masses.MoreLess
The suppressor suits worn by the brethren were powerful, but they could not withstand the great black. Images of insects in campfire coals crossed Marika’s mind as she listened to dying cries haunting the otherworld.
She reached out to her allies--those who had not yet vanished into the Up-and-Over--and summoned them back to the struggle. Bestrei is no more, cowards! Come! Let us put an end to this tale.
Marika ...directed her darkship to orbit, following Bestrei, watching as the Serke’s titanium voidship heated white hot and began to burn. She felt those on the planet below pause, watch the glow streak across their sky, and realize what it meant. She reached, pulled the great black toward her.
Could she force it down there, to the surface itself, to complete the conquest of the brethren? She tried, but the black’s resistance was too much for her. She did not have the strength to overcome its will to avoid large masses.MoreLess
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