The Shattered World Within
Originally published in Giganotosaurus and listed in io9's Best Online Fiction.
This is the story of the settling of the planet Hedron in the Earth-gamra universe. If you've read any books of the Return of the Aghyrians or Ambassador series, you may remember this planet. In those series, it is a rich mining planet, but its origins weren't so rich.
The ship glided into the dock, into the care of grappling arms and snaking robotic leads.
Clang, click, contact.
The navigation hub flashed with the station control override. The screen showed a logo, but no inbound or outbound communication.
Seated next to the pilot, in the bluish glow of the controls, Zhyara didn’t realise how tightly he’d been gripping the edge of the seat, all the way while they’d drifted past
