Axinstone: Chapter 1
# Chapter One **Anzig** “Just take a deep breath, Boss. Everything will be alright.” I turned to my left to face the silver dragon by my side and snarled. Vinzent had no right to judge me like that, but his words were probably true. I looked down at...
Reborn: Chapter 5: Aftermath
**Chapter Five** Genuine optimism wasn’t something Rhys was used to feeling over the last few days, but as he opened his eyes to the light that streamed in through his artificial window he did so with a smile. He kneeled on the bed and rested his arms...
Reborn: Chapter 9: Mount Cotton
**Chapter Nine** “Captain, we’re all set to leave,” Twitch squeaked over the noise of the bridge. He looked frankly quite bizarre in his white shirt and dark trousers. To the untrained eye, he was virtually identical to Rhys, the only...
Reborn: Chapter 2: Terrestrial Dawn
**Chapter Two** Forty-five minutes had passed, and Rhys was still waiting by the teleporters. From the outside, they looked like a series of tubes surrounded by a complex network of wires and switches, all controlled from a central computer in...
Reborn: Chapter 3: Olympus
**Chapter Three** Perversely, morning came to Ceres with the setting of the midnight sun. As the darkness got deeper, so did the moods of Rhys and Admiral Garter, despite the glowing optimism they had woken up with. The two had started the day...
Traitor: Chapter 1: Cymru
# Chapter One _My dear friend Rhys,_ _After our little encounter above Ceres, I decided that I owe you more of an explanation than the one I gave you. I do hope this letter finds you soon. I have instructed someone I believe I can trust to pass you...
Reborn: Chapter 12: Finale
**Chapter Twelve** Admiral Garter arrived that very evening. The _Europa_ arced down from the orange-streaked sky and neatly landed in the Mount Cotton port. Rhys watched this all from the perimeter fence, knowing that he was going to be...
Lights In The Sky
**Lights In The Sky** **By J.F.R. Coates** The Asteroid Belt was a cold, dark place. But more than that, it was isolated. Each small chunk of rock slowly orbited Sol on its own. Only very rarely was a rock close enough to another that they were...
Reborn: Chapter 10: Rebellion
**Chapter Ten** Leandro’s plan couldn’t come into effect immediately. As Rhys was soon to learn there would be at least a couple of weeks of preparation and planning before they could even begin. Despite his assurances that he would be...
Traitor: Chapter 3: Assault
# Chapter Three The twin stars were almost directly overhead. The faint double shadows they cast were almost in direct opposition to each other. The alpha team was in position just beyond the edge of the clearing, bunkered down in a small...
Coffee and Kisses
The walls of James’ bedroom were dappled in the morning light that crept through his window, where the blinds were slightly askew. Little of the wall’s white paint could be seen beneath the many posters plastered to almost every square inch of space....
Traitor: Chapter 6: Rescue
# Chapter Six “Captain, I’ve picked up the _Terrestrial Dawn_ on the sensors,” Sarah Pool said. They were the words Rhys had been waiting to hear for three hours. He had given up on trying to sleep and returned to the bridge, resolved to fight...