Imagine the possibilities.
Additional files include full information gleaned from all of the probes. There’s simply too much information to properly correlate from here, and I imagine we will have much to discuss by the time I arrive at the offices.
Lastly, despite initial fears that they might have been left behind on New Galveston, the samples from the ship at the dig site have been safely secured and stored. I did not have time to ascertain whether there was any cellular activity as originally claimed by Doctor Tanaka, but the woman never seemed the sort to exaggerate or make wild claims. Per our previous discussion the samples have been halved, with parts being placed in stasis, and the rest being secured in a safe environment that doesn’t risk further cellular degradation.
I wish I had been able to see the ship. Not just the pictures, but the actual vessel. And the city. But judging from what Manning reported, they were lost to us already. What a pity. All we have are schematics and readings.
Until I get back to the offices, good luck with the research.
All the best,
Andrea
She sent the encrypted messages and secured her computer for the trip. The Kiangya had already broken orbit and was heading for home, and she was glad of it.
For a moment she looked at the samples from the alien ship, and smiled. Infinite possibilities. That was what Weyland-Yutani was all about—at a profit of course, but infinite possibilities were a lovely thing.
* * *
She made her way to the hypersleep chambers and looked over the other figures, lying in forced slumber.
So many empty chambers, she noted. So many assets, lost.
Around her the ship was silent, and most of the lights had dimmed down into sleep mode, conserving energy. Some people were bothered by darkness and the quiet. Decker was likely one of them. That might never change for him. Rollins wasn’t disturbed at all by the secrets the darkness might hold, or the mysteries that silences kept. Those were the very things on which she thrived. They were what made her feel complete.
EPILOGUE
The stars kept their secrets and the great ship moved between them, all inhabitants accounted for and locked in slumber. Most of them slept well.
Decker did not. In his dreams there were things chasing him.
No matter how hard he ran, how carefully he hid himself or what he might find as a weapon, he knew they would eventually locate him. It was as inevitable as the dark between the stars.
And in his frozen sleep, no one could hear his screams.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Every book has a foundation. Alien: Sea of Sorrows could not exist without the original stories and movies, and is linked directly to Tim Lebbon’s Alien: Out of the Shadows and Christopher Golden’s Alien: River of Pain. Those alone would make a powerful foundation, but Sea of Sorrows truly could not exist without the ideas put forth by Steve Asbell of Twentieth Century Fox and the support and efforts of Josh Izzo and Lauren Winarski and Steve Saffel. Thanks also to the rest of the Titan team, including Nick Landau, Vivian Cheung, Katy Wild, Natalie Laverick, and Julia Lloyd. My gratitude to one and all.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James A. Moore is the author of over twenty novels, including the critically acclaimed Fireworks, Under The Overtree, Blood Red, Deeper, the Serenity Falls trilogy (featuring his recurring anti-hero, Jonathan Crowley) and his most recent novels Seven Forges and the forthcoming sequel The Blasted Lands.
He has twice been nominated for the Bram Stoker Award and spent three years as an officer in the Horror Writers Association, first as Secretary and later as Vice President.
The author cut his teeth in the industry writing for Marvel Comics and authoring over twenty role-playing supplements for White Wolf Games, including Berlin by Night, Land of 1,000,000 Dreams and The Get of Fenris Tribebook. He also penned the White Wolf novels Vampire: House of Secrets and Werewolf: Hellstorm.
Moore’s first short story collection, Slices, sold out before ever seeing print.
He currently lives in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia. Meet him on his blog genrefied.blogspot.com and his website
www.jamesamoorebooks.com.
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