Dawn
Chapter One
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ARRIVING FROM A STARJUMP was like swimming up from deep water, emerging into the air, and rising to the upper stratosphere. Carl had starjumped more times than he could remember, but he didn’t think he’d ever get used to it. Intense pressure on his body and, it seemed, his mind, gave way to a sense of infinite space and incredible lightness. Like the rest of the crew on the bridge of the Galathea, he grabbed the nearest fixed object as if to steady himself, even though he was well-secured in his pilot’s harness.
The first thing he did was check on Harrington, who was sitting bound to a seat at the comm console. She was looking a little green, but she seemed okay. That misborn Haggardy was taking his revenge too far. Harrington had done the right thing
