Enigma: A Space Opera: Book Six of The Shadow Order

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by Michael Robertson


  After he’d drawn a deep breath to try to pull himself back into the moment, Seb found he couldn’t fully do it. A part of him still wound tight, he nodded and tried to keep his impatience from his voice. “Yes.”

  CHAPTER 53

  When Seb had finished explaining everything he could remember about the process, Moses and Mr. H stared at one another before looking back at him.

  Mr. H hadn’t spoken until that point. “But you don’t know what the trigger words are?”

  Seb shook his head. “Or where Enigma is based. We found out what the Countess’ organisation does to slaves, but nothing else useful.”

  “You did what we asked you to do. One step at a time. Besides, you have a hostage,” Moses said.

  Sparks stepped forward. “A hostage they’re bound to notice has gone sooner or later.”

  “We’d best get what we need out of him sooner, then,” Moses said. “In the meantime, Seb, I want you to get some rest. You need it.”

  “Although I don’t know what the trigger words are,” Seb said, “what I can tell you is that when Enigma uses them, there will be total chaos. We don’t know how many slaves they’ve gotten to, but if even the smallest fraction of them have been—”

  “Spread throughout the galaxy on illegal trade routes,” Mr. H said.

  “Right.” Seb zoned out for a moment. “When they go off … well, I’m not sure any military force in the galaxy will be able to defeat them.”

  “And you?” Moses said. After glancing over Seb’s shoulder, he quickly looked back at him. “You could flip out too?”

  Although he didn’t look at her, Seb felt SA approach him from behind. A warm touch on his shoulder, he fought against his fury again. Moses had just looked at her. Whatever happened, she shouldn’t be blamed. “I don’t know. I hope—”

  But before Seb could finish, the projector came to life, showing them footage on the wall at the front of the room.

  “What the …?” Sparks said and then held her computer up. The same image had taken over her screen.

  Impossible to identify, the silhouette looked like a human woman. An angel of a woman. A white glowing figure against a jet-black background. It shone so brightly, Seb squinted against its glare. It had a female voice. “I’m the head of Enigma,” she said. “We’ve been building to this moment for years, and now it’s finally ready. The galaxy has been going the wrong way for a long time now, and we’re about to correct that. We’re about to take over.”

  “Looks like they found out about our hostage.” Mr. H said.

  Sparks shook her head. “We had no choice.”

  “Never mind that,” Owsk said as he stared at Seb. “I think we should be more worried about what we have next to us right now.”

  “… greed, control, exploitation …” the leader of Enigma said.

  When Owsk and Buster closed in on Seb, SA moved across in front of him.

  “They’re right,” Seb said, gently pushing her aside. “I need to be watched.”

  Another twist of her features, SA stepped out of the way.

  As much as Seb wanted to have faith, now the moment had come, his trust that everything would be okay had abandoned him. As he looked from Buster to Owsk, he said, “If I can’t be stopped—” he pulled a deep breath in “—do whatever you need to do, okay? I don’t want to harm anyone.”

  SA walked out of the room and Seb watched her go. He needed her by his side, but he didn’t blame her for not wanting to watch.

  Although Enigma had continued her monologue in the background, the next few words came through with a clarity that excluded everything else around him. They existed as the only sound in the galaxy at that moment, and they spoke to Seb more clearly than anything he’d ever heard before. “It’s time to wake, my army,” she said. “It’s time to rise up.”

  END OF BOOK SIX.

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  ABOUT THE AUTHOR

  Like most children born in the seventies, Michael grew up with Star Wars in his life. An obsessive watcher of the films, and an avid reader from an early age, he found himself taken over with stories whenever he let his mind wander.

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  Michael loves to travel when he can. He has a young family, who are his world, and when he’s not reading, he enjoys walking so he can dream up more stories.

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  Table of Contents

  Title Page

  Contents

  Edited and Cover by …

  Copyright

  Mailing List

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

  Chapter 48

  Chapter 49

  Chapter 50

  Chapter 51

  Chapter 52

  Chapter 53

  About the Author

  Also by Michael Robertson

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