Sunspire (The Reach, book 4)
“he’d said afterward. “Are you two ex-Enforcers or something?”Norrey had seemed amused by the comment. “No. Just a couple of relics from a long-forgotten army.”Talia had begun to think that maybe they’d caught a break by ending up in the care of Norrey and Kolos. She wasn’t sure how she and Roman would have negotiated the lowlands alone.As they continued on and the hours ticked by, more features of their destination had become visible. The mountain itself was like an extension of the lowlan...ds, bare apart from a scattering of dead trees, and on its northern end jutted a craggy granite cliff face streaked in vertical lines of black and grey. Talia thought she could see a strip of dirt winding its way around the base that may have been a road. At the mountain’s peak she could now see something tall and slender rising up into the murky heavens above – the space elevator.“Well, at least we know where to go,” Roman murmured at her side, his eyes also transfixed by the mountain peak.“And that the elevator hasn’t fallen apart. Yet.”The remnants of a broken highway emerged from the sand before them, heading due east like a guiding light for the weary travellers. They followed it, making their way past burnt out structures and more ruins that might have been gas stations or even the last vestiges of towns that had once lined the highway.As they neared the base of the mountain, Talia was startled to hear her holophone ring. She took it from her pocket.“Hello?”MoreLess
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