Conquest of Earth (Stellar Conquest Series)
“Besides his own brain’s well-honed reflex to avoid the avalanche of detail, he’d much rather think about the last three days and nights he’d spent with Rae. But every time he did that, worry threatened to intrude. He knew only she could really treat with the Meme, but always there was the nagging fear that her mission would end in disaster. He’d asked her if there was some other way to communicate, but she’d insisted that the Meme would only make a deal by in-person contact and that she had a b...etter chance than any other Blend.
He knew she was almost to the rendezvous in interplanetary space just outside Mars’ orbit. Half the sensors on Conquest were focused on her ship, the other half on the approaching Meme shuttle. At least they had responded to Rae’s offer to meet. That was one thing EarthFleet had never achieved. That actually strengthened the case against her, for of course a Meme agent would get a meeting. Absen figured the Empire would be desperate to acquire the TacDrive technology, and they were devious.MoreLess
He knew she was almost to the rendezvous in interplanetary space just outside Mars’ orbit. Half the sensors on Conquest were focused on her ship, the other half on the approaching Meme shuttle. At least they had responded to Rae’s offer to meet. That was one thing EarthFleet had never achieved. That actually strengthened the case against her, for of course a Meme agent would get a meeting. Absen figured the Empire would be desperate to acquire the TacDrive technology, and they were devious.MoreLess
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