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Sinking Ship [MultiFormat]
eBook by Dave Smeds
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: The interstellar war had gone on for twenty years. It might go on for another forty. Shipwrecked far within the zone controlled by the enemy, two dozen survivors struggle to repair their starship and fashion their own rescue, knowing no one will come to save them.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: 1986
Fictionwise Release Date: June 2005
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [258 KB], eReader (PDB) [38 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [12 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [12 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [103 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [84 KB], hiebook (KML) [117 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [100 KB], iSilo (PDB) [10 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [13 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [81 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [21 KB]
Words: 3521
Reading time: 10-14 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
Adobe Acrobat (PDF) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud DISABLED
All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
Valiant was deep inside Helvan space when the attack came. Alan heard the alarms and sprinted across the sick bay. Within ten seconds he had strapped himself into one of the exam couches. Three seconds after that the salvo struck.
The entire room jumped. The shock wave flung Alan upward against the straps, then back down again into the couch, knocking the wind out of him. The ship groaned: a deep, metallic cry of pain. They'd been hit. Bad. The lights went out. Alan gasped, struggling to fill his lungs. The sick bay batteries kicked in, restoring power to the med sensors and some to the lights. The room was cast in a dim, melancholy glow. The alarm had gone dead. I'm the only one left, Alan thought suddenly, trying to quiet the fluttering in his belly. Then the intercom blared to life. "Status reports! All stations, report!"
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