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Chapters (80)
  1. Cover
  2. The Rising Storm
  3. PROLOGUE
  4. CHAPTER ONE
  5. CHAPTER TWO
  6. CHAPTER THREE
  7. CHAPTER FOUR
  8. CHAPTER FIVE
  9. CHAPTER SIX
  10. CHAPTER SEVEN
  11. CHAPTER EIGHT
  12. CHAPTER NINE
  13. CHAPTER TEN
  14. CHAPTER ELEVEN
  15. CHAPTER TWELVE
  16. CHAPTER THIRTEEN
  17. CHAPTER FOURTEEN
  18. CHAPTER FIFTEEN
  19. CHAPTER SIXTEEN
  20. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
  21. CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
  22. CHAPTER NINETEEN
  23. CHAPTER TWENTY
  24. CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
  25. CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
  26. CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
  27. CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
  28. CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
  29. CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
  30. CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
  31. CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
  32. CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
  33. CHAPTER THIRTY
  34. CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
  35. CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
  36. CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
  37. CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR
  38. CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
  39. CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
  40. CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
  41. CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
  42. CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
  43. CHAPTER FORTY
  44. CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
  45. CHAPTER FORTY-TWO
  46. CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
  47. CHAPTER FORTY-FOUR
  48. CHAPTER FORTY-FIVE
  49. CHAPTER FORTY-SIX
  50. CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
  51. CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
  52. CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
  53. CHAPTER FIFTY
  54. CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE
  55. CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO
  56. CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
  57. CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
  58. CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
  59. CHAPTER FIFTY-SIX
  60. CHAPTER FIFTY-SEVEN
  61. CHAPTER FIFTY-EIGHT
  62. CHAPTER FIFTY-NINE
  63. CHAPTER SIXTY
  64. CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE
  65. CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO
  66. CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
  67. CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR
  68. CHAPTER SIXTY-FIVE
  69. CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
  70. CHAPTER SIXTY-SEVEN
  71. CHAPTER SIXTY-EIGHT
  72. CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE
  73. CHAPTER SEVENTY
  74. CHAPTER SEVENTY-ONE
  75. CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
  76. CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
  77. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FOUR
  78. CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
  79. CHAPTER SEVENTY-SIX
  80. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

He was breathing hard when he reached the secret door, harder still when he had to rip it open, the mechanism having jammed. Once, twice, he almost gave up as he hauled himself through a crawl space that was only just big enough. Gods, he’d never sweated this much. His heart was beating far too fast, and his skin felt like it was too big. Was it too big? Was that even possible?

Finally he found the hatch and swung into the pod. Collapsed into it was probably a better description, but he was in it all the same. The rest of the Elegencia had been defined by its luxury. Style over substance? Maybe, but the pod … the pod was all about function.

He couldn’t relax as he strapped himself into the seat. Struggling to focus, he sealed the hatch and fired up the power cells. Coordinates flashed up on the nav screen. Pan gargled a phlegm-choked laugh. It had been centuries since he’d left Dowut to forge a new life for himself. Who would have thought that he’d be returning after all this time to do so again? He wondered if any of his family were still alive. At least killing them would cheer him up.

The Path control beeped. They were ready to fly.

Pan closed his eyes for a moment, listening to the death throes of his ship, dreaming of the victory that should have been his. He had written his name across the galaxy, and now Ro would take the credit, Lourna at his side. So be it. Pan was dying, he’d accepted that now, but he’d keep going until he had mounted both of their duplicitous heads on a spike.

Pan Eyta slammed his hand down on the Path control, and the rear of the Elegencia blew out as the escape pod punched its way into the maelstrom.

High above Cyclor, the battle raged on, Pan’s Tempest fighting to the bitter end.

No one even knew he was gone.

CHAPTER SIXTY-NINE

The Gaze Electric

“Ro, please. This is intolerable.”

Ro silenced Uttersond with a raised finger. Eagerness was one thing, but petulance was very much another. Granted, the Chadra-Fan had no idea what Ro was watching on his helmet’s internal display, but that hardly mattered. They were ready when he said and not before.