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eBook Category: Science Fiction Nebula Award(R) Winner
eBook Description: Two men fight for survival in the aftermath of a destructive war that neither can understand.

eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2000

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"The war--" John whispered. His voice was reedy and thin and weary now, and there was pain in it. "It still goes on?"

"The war got ... strange," Williams said quietly. "The longer it lasted, the stranger it got. New allies, new weapons--" He stared off into the darkness in the direction where the fire had danced: there was still an uneasy shimmer to the night air on the horizon, not quite a glow. "You were hurt by such a weapon, I guess. Something like that, maybe." He nodded toward the horizon, and his face hardened. "I don't know. I don't even know what that was. I don't understand much that happens in the world anymore.... Maybe it wasn't even a weapon that hurt you. Maybe they were experimenting on you biologically before you got away. Who knows why? Maybe it was done deliberately--as a punishment. Or a reward. Who knows how they think? Maybe it was a side effect of some device designed to do something else entirely. Maybe it was an accident; maybe you just got too close to something like that when it was doing whatever it is it does." Williams was silent for a moment, and then he sighed. "Whatever happened, you got to me afterward somehow, and I took care of you. We've been hiding out ever since, moving from place to place."