Boundless
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He’d been in an earthquake once, feeling the solid ground suddenly ripple and heave beneath him like a living thing. That was the closest he could come to describing what he felt as the gate entangled with another hypernet. The universe, reality, seemed to wrinkle and flex before subsiding again with only a lingering sense of a fading vibration that was impossible to describe.
“That was weird,” Lieutenant Castries breathed.
“But did it work?” Desjani asked.
“Good question,” Geary said.
A few minutes later, they received a message from the science team at the gate. “From Dr. Cresida. ‘Now I am become Schrödinger, entangler of hypernets.’”
“What does that mean?” Desjani asked.
“I think it means it worked,” Geary said, grinning with relief. “And it means after they finish some tests, we can head for Dancer space.”
Tanya Desjani nodded. “You know, Admiral, it hasn’t been easy so far, but I have a feeling things are probably going to be harder from this point on.”
“You’re probably right, Captain.”
“I’m always right.”
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I remain indebted to my agent, Joshua Bilmes, for his ever-inspired suggestions and assistance, and to my editor, Anne Sowards, for her support and editing. Thanks also to Robert Chase, Kelly Dwyer, Carolyn Ives Gilman, J. G. (Huck) Huckenpohler, Simcha Kuritzky, Michael LaViolette, Aly Parsons, Bud Sparhawk, Mary Thompson, and Constance A. Warner for their suggestions, comments, and recommendations.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JACK CAMPBELL is the pen name of John G. Hemry, a retired naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the New York Times bestselling author of the Lost Fleet, the Lost Stars, and the Genesis Fleet series, as well as the Stark’s War, Paul Sinclair, and Pillars of Reality series. He lives with his indomitable wife and three children in Maryland.
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