At my phone’s command my transport octovac headed for the base of the robot’s neck. It released me and I sent it to back to support my defender octovac against the now untangled black hats. I stood on a small protrusion and held on to a convenient piece of tubing while I found my Orishen mutakey and opened the pilot’s hatch to the command center. Then my luck ran out. A black hat octovac sprang out from a baffle above the hatch and knocked me off the robot. I threw my arms out to find a handhold but found only empty air as gravity tried its best to turn potential energy into kinetic energy. There were times when I wished I didn’t know so much about physics.
I’d fallen hard for Poly a month and a half ago, but this fall was likely to be a lot harder.
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Please look for Xenotech Queen’s Gambit in early 2016
About the Author
Dave Schroeder, pronounced SHRAY-der, is a retired Chief Information Officer who has done his share of tech support. He's served as Chief Technology Officer for a Bay Area dotcom and led the ecommerce division of a major Internet consulting company. He also wrote the book, music and lyrics for Softwear.com, a musical comedy produced off-off-Broadway. Dave lives in suburban Atlanta with his wife and three cats. He enjoys writing, acting in plays and musicals, and performing as a voice actor with the Atlanta Radio Theatre Company.
Table of Contents
Contents
The Man Who Sold the Earth
Copyright & Disclaimer
Xenotech Series
Xenotech Queen's Gambit
Queen's Gambit Prologue
Queen's Gambit Chapter 1
Queen's Gambit Chapter 2
About the Author
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