The Zero Stone (2014)
“An Ace Book, by arrangement with The Viking Press, Inc.
Printed in U.S.A.
Cover art by Jeff Jones.
For A. M. LIGHTNER, who was the “Godmother” for EET ONE The dark was so thick in this stinking alley that a man might well put out his hand and catch shadows, pull them here or there, as if they were curtain stuff. Yet I could not quarrel with the fact that this world had no moon and that only its stars spotted the nightlit sky, nor that the men of Koonga City did not set torchlights... on any but the main ways of that den of disaster.
Here the acrid smells were almost as thick and strong as the dark, and under my boots the slime coating the uneven stone pavement was a further risk. While my fear urged me to run, prudence argued that I take only careful step after step, pausing to feel out the way before me. My only guide was an uncertain memory of a city I had known for only ten days, and those not dedicated to the study of geography.MoreLess
Printed in U.S.A.
Cover art by Jeff Jones.
For A. M. LIGHTNER, who was the “Godmother” for EET ONE The dark was so thick in this stinking alley that a man might well put out his hand and catch shadows, pull them here or there, as if they were curtain stuff. Yet I could not quarrel with the fact that this world had no moon and that only its stars spotted the nightlit sky, nor that the men of Koonga City did not set torchlights... on any but the main ways of that den of disaster.
Here the acrid smells were almost as thick and strong as the dark, and under my boots the slime coating the uneven stone pavement was a further risk. While my fear urged me to run, prudence argued that I take only careful step after step, pausing to feel out the way before me. My only guide was an uncertain memory of a city I had known for only ten days, and those not dedicated to the study of geography.MoreLess
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