Skybreaker (2011)
“I was aware of the vast bulk of the Hyperion’s stern hurtling alongside me, but I was faster and soon had left it behind. Instinctively I spread my arms wide and my wings opened. I felt some kind of powerful cross brace within them snap into place and hold. Instantly my fall slowed—so drastically that the Hyperion’s wreckage came plunging down straight towards me.
I had but seconds. I tilted my wings, angling my feet to swing my tail rudder, and banked sharply. The ship’s severed body careered ...past, not fifty yards distant, and its massive turbulence completely capsized me. Somehow I managed to right myself and veer clear of the aerial whirlpool in the ship’s wake.
I cannot say how I knew these things—only that it was second nature, and I felt as though the wings had always been upon me. Riding atop my terror was a soaring joy, for I had known this feeling all my life in dreams.
I was still sliding steeply through the air. With difficulty I angled my wings and felt the speed of my fall decrease even more until I was flying level.MoreLess
I had but seconds. I tilted my wings, angling my feet to swing my tail rudder, and banked sharply. The ship’s severed body careered ...past, not fifty yards distant, and its massive turbulence completely capsized me. Somehow I managed to right myself and veer clear of the aerial whirlpool in the ship’s wake.
I cannot say how I knew these things—only that it was second nature, and I felt as though the wings had always been upon me. Riding atop my terror was a soaring joy, for I had known this feeling all my life in dreams.
I was still sliding steeply through the air. With difficulty I angled my wings and felt the speed of my fall decrease even more until I was flying level.MoreLess
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