Of Wolves and Foxes, Chapter 10
CHAPTER 10 "You don't understand," growled Counselwolf Gilder at the emperor's chancellor. "Why don't you try telling the emperor that this is a matter of extreme importance to the security of his empire?" Quinn Gilder had been at the emperor's...
Of Wolves and Foxes, Chapter 13
CHAPTER 13 Emperor Charles, still unconscious, was unceremoniously dropped onto a wide mattress in a modestly decorated and furnished prison cell deep in the bowels of a high-profile prison block on Detention Station Romeo-Seven. "Corporal, wake him...
Of Wolves and Foxes, Chapter 14
CHAPTER 14 Admiral Harford was at the breaking point; his patience gone, his indignation great, and his dignity offended. He had arrived at the Radon Frontier provincial administration complex to find the governor's office-his office-occupied by...
Enemy, Chapter 6
Chapter 6 29 December 2357 "It looks like there's a greenish patch of vegetation at seventy five degrees," I said into the microphone of the small transmitter clipped to my earlobe. There wasn't much my small spacial mapping computer could tell me...
Of Wolves and Foxes, Chapter 8
CHAPTER 8 Twenty-seven grim-faced wolves sat around a wide, long conference table deep within the building of the Imperial Ministry of War. The lights were turned down low to accentuate the dozens of monitors and screens that lined the walls around...
Enemy, Chapter 8
Chapter 8 It was still night when I was awoke by a slap to the muzzle. If it was the sound of my jaws clacking together that woke me, it was the sharp pain of a broken tooth that informed me I was not dreaming. I couldn't see anything-there was a hood...
Enemy, Chapter 7
Chapter 7 I was stunned, almost in shock. The Ursine had come, to our planet, probably lured by my distress signal. They had found and captured the Nuara, and it would not at all be difficult to realize that a wolf was here with it, using supplies and...