BooksBarbecue
Back The Long Sunset Save as PDF
Chapters (51)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Prologue
  5. 1.
  6. 2.
  7. 3.
  8. 4.
  9. 5.
  10. 6.
  11. 7.
  12. 8.
  13. 9.
  14. 10.
  15. 11.
  16. 12.
  17. 13.
  18. 14.
  19. 15.
  20. 16.
  21. 17.
  22. 18.
  23. 19.
  24. 20.
  25. 21.
  26. 22.
  27. 23.
  28. 24.
  29. 25.
  30. 26.
  31. 27.
  32. 28.
  33. 29.
  34. 30.
  35. 31.
  36. 32.
  37. 33.
  38. 34.
  39. 35.
  40. 36.
  41. 37.
  42. 38.
  43. 39.
  44. 40.
  45. 41.
  46. 42.
  47. 43.
  48. 44.
  49. Epilogue
  50. About the Author
  51. Copyright

Linda didn’t talk much. She was sedate, with animated eyes and a manner that left no doubt who was in charge. People always knew when she was in the room. She treated her subordinates well, enjoyed giving them credit when they’d performed appropriately, and showed no reluctance about taking responsibility herself when they hadn’t. She gave Derek credit with the bosses whenever she could, she always kept her word, she never hesitated to invite his opinion, and she was willing to change her mind when the evidence went in another direction. On this occasion, she looked amused.

“What makes you say that?” he said.

The amusement gave way to laughter. “Missed opportunities. If it had just been you and me in there, maybe we could have claimed the discovery for ourselves. We’d have been famous. Now we get to share it with a couple hundred people. Next time, when you’re planning to make a discovery that will go global, let me know in advance. Okay?” She raised a glass of water to him.

NEWSDESK

Monday, February 11, 2256

MALAYSIAN FERRY RUNS AGROUND

Coast Guard Gets Everyone Off Safely

METEOR KILLS SIX IN VOLGOGRAD

They Knew It Was Coming; Evacuation Failed

POPE VISITS SYRIA

Vatican Hopes to Calm Emotions Following Assassination of Al Kassam

Hunt Continues for Killers

MARKETS UP AROUND THE WORLD

Rousing Start Continues Through Fifth Month

EXTINCTION LEVELS DOWN

Only Three Species Lost in Past Year

The Bad News: Mongoose Among Them

JAMIE COLBAN DEAD AT 162

Passed Three Days After Joining Westboro Hall of Fame

Four of His Albums Among All-Time Top Sellers

MARIE BANNER RECEIVES PRESIDENTIAL CITATION

Medal for Service to Humanity Presented During White House Ceremony

Led Food and Water Operations into Baghdad at Height of Crisis

CORAGIO, WITH 14 ALL-FEMALE CREW, WINS ROUND-THE-WORLD SAILING RACE

Peggy Freeman, Skipper, Makes UK in 42 days, 11 Hours, 7 Minutes

Receives Jules Verne Award

EARLY BLIZZARDS BURY MAINE, QUEBEC, ONTARIO

Schools, Roads Closed

Authorities Urge Everyone to Stay Home

Call 777 for Delivery of Emergency Rations

SOUTH GEORGIA LEAGUE TO END FOOTBALL

Last High Schools Abandon the Sport

VAN ENTEL SUPERTELESCOPE MAY HAVE SIGHTED HIGH-TECH ALIENS

Travel TV Show from World in Distant Star Cluster

2.

Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes

He stared at the Pacific — and all his men

Look’d at each other with a wild surmise—

Silent upon a peak in Darien.

—John Keats, “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” 1816

Priscilla, it’s good to see you again. I have to tell you, we don’t have a guest very often who’s been out to the middle of the galaxy.” Jack Crispee was a tall, likable guy who hosted one of the biggest news talk shows of the era.