Anxious Waiting - Excerpt - Flying Sparks - A Novel – An Alien Perspective


Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.


Excerpt 15


Bard shifted uneasily in the dim hanger they always waited in when there were visitors while they were above ground. The rest of his colony stood around him glowing with sympathy, their radiation tuned to hide them from any prying eyes or sensors. If they did not understand his unease they did share it willingly, letting brief flickers light their rounded forms from within. The ember he had rescued from the fierce song had been taken from him too soon. He could feel it down to his most insulated shard. He should have kept him many hours longer and sang him fully well but the human healer had insisted on seeing and treating the ember and Bard could not refuse.
It was not that Bard questioned the knowledge that the healer held, but there was little music either martial or medicinal in O’Beirne. Both must have been there once, their mark still showed in his every light, but something had recently drained the young human and left him ill suited for the treatment of such a sensitive young ember. Bard shifted again and let out a worried trill. Miller came up beside him and pressed soothingly into his shoulder. Bard hummed gratefully but kept his attention on the humming of the primitive and discordant song rider.






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Confronting the Truth - Excerpt 13 - Flying Sparks - A Novel – The Mystery Deepens


Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.


Excerpt 13
“Come in boy!” the soft, slightly rough voice ordered.
Shaking his head the youth turned the tarnished brass knob and stepped into the office. Tall metal file cabinets covered most of the walls, shrinking the room dramatically. The wall space above them was covered with photos ranging from WWII vintage to a fresh picture of the president. A massive oak desk filled most of the floor. The surface was strictly organized with a lamp, an office phone, and a photo of a large family on a farm. Two overstuffed chairs sat in front and an ergonomic office chair behind. Sitting ramrod straight is the soft leather was a smiling old man in a crisp camouflage uniform. The square in the center of his chest bore a single embroidered star and his name tape identified him as Hall. Drake noted curiously that it was the same rank as in an old photo on the wall of a much younger General Hall in a fancier dress uniform and of the ribbons that decorated the photograph none denoted any action after the forties. The regulation cover sat on a thin head of graying hair but the faded blue eyes gleamed sharply. With a start he realized he had been asked a question.
“I’m sorry sir,” Drake stated with a jerk. “I wasn’t listening.”
The general gave a soft chuckle and indicated the chairs. “Have a seat son. We have a few questions for you and I’ve no doubt that you have many of your own. I am General Hall.”







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 Humans are Weird – What’s That


Wing Commander Tenth Trill had had quite enough by the time they reached the designate rest point. He refused to call it a camp, the same way he simply refused to recognize the wingspread of twisted and gnarled plants that surrounded it as trees. The one structure the Corps had erected was a simple containment unit but to allow biological waste degrade without compromising the local environment. Tenth Trill aimed for that and landed on the roof with a sigh. Around him stretched the burning green sky and rolling amber emptyness.
His wing landed around him. The Wing Commander of Grey Wing Gave the all is well signal from the second largest plant and the Wing Commander of Thermal Wing did the same from the largest. Tenth Trill cast a grim look over the rolling land around them. Despite them not being trees the plants that had decided the location of the not-a-camp were indeed the largest specimens of the species available. Probably the result of the vein of water that came very close to the surface. The rest of the land was covered in sparste plants so short that even a Winged would have trouble hiding in them. Between the plants was rusty red volcanic soil, a testament to some unthinkable geopolitical upheaval that would have made the whole planet unlivable for generations. Even now the wind picked up particles of the volcanic dust and flung them against his horns.
“That’s an ick,” grumbled a tired voice to his side.
Tenth Trill considered scolding the youngster for the unprofessional human slang, but he followed the disgusted and apathetic gaze and his gaze landed on a giant fuzzy body clinging to the side of the structure. The insectoid creature was banded with blue and green and one faceted eye seemed to stare into Tenth Trill with phlegmatic defiance as a fleshy pink tube-like tongue flicked out and touched the side of the waste unit. Now that he was looking the side of the unit was covered in the starting, licking creatures. It was, as the fluffy young Winged had observed, ‘an ick’.
“What is that idiot doing?” Demanded Wing Commander Thirteen Clicks fluttering up, towing an aura of exhaustion.
“You really need to be more specific-” Tenth Trill said.
Then he saw the human, his massive mammalian heat signature causing the air around him to ripple as he slowly fell his way across the volcanic landscape.
“He saw something,” offered the communications officer absently as he sorted through his gear.
“Yes.”
“He was headed for the waste disposal door and then his head turned and he frowned.”
“I think he said a curse word,” offered a rather dejected voice, “but I couldn’t hear it.”
“Isn’t he as exhausted as we are?” someone asked.
“He has to haul around all that mass.”
“Just thinking about it makes my joints ache.”
The muttering conversation continued around them and Tenth Trill shrugged at Thirteen Clicks. They would respond if the idiot collapsed. For now his absurd behavior was providing a welcome distraction for the tired wings. They soon had the water purifiers set up and were happily grooming the volcanic dust out of each others fur, and still the human kept growing smaller in the distance. They all preferred to set up their hammocks around the edges of the human’s tent at night and so were waiting for him. However there was plenty of time before nightfall so Tenth Trill wasn’t particularly worried until he could no longer see the human in the distance. He was uneasily considering coming the human when the slowly lumbering form came back into view. He heard the majority of the wing give a relieved breath and the conversation resumed cheerfully.
When the human finally made it back to camp he was sweating profusely but looked satisfied. He was immediately surrounded by the now rested wing who demanded an explanation for his deviation. He shoved his hand into one massive pocket and fished around.
“I saw something,” he said, “something shiny that shouldn’t of been there.”
He pulled out what Tenth Trill recognized after some scrutiny as the reflective protective cover of a juice storage container. It would had been a hammock for a Winged but it barely filled the human’s hand.
“How far out was it?” someone demanded.
“Bout a click,” the human said with a shrug, “maybe two.”
“You walked two, or perhaps four, clicks over volcanic ground because you saw something shiny,” Tenth Trill said, his horns starting to tingle a bit at the thought.
“It’s wilderness,” the human said with a shrug, “not supposed to be shiny things out there. Now scuse me. I gotta use the little Ranger’s room.”
With that the human entered the waste degradation room. The wing started chattering over the event again and Tenth Trill stared out over the empty amber surroundings and wondered, not for the first time, what he had hooked his claw into when he accepted this assignment.


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A Medical Confrontation - Excerpt 12 - Flying Sparks - A Novel – Bedside Manner


Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.


Excerpt 12
“Get back there.”
No greeting, no explanation, just the order given in a dry disinterested tone, and much to his personal surprise Drake found himself following it. Silently and not un-gently the doctor helped the youth back into the bed and began a thorough examination. The younger man sat up straight, breathed when he was told to, opened wide, and tried not to flinch when the cold stethoscope was pressed to his chest.
The icy cold water hitting him and stealing his breath away as it pinned him to the rock
“You are healing,” the doctor’s dry voice pulled him from the vision.
“Healing from what? How? I, what is going on? Where am I?” Drake burst out in frustration.
“From taking the force of a flash flood.” The doctor listed off the items on his finger with infuriating calm. “An idiotic thing to do being out there in that. Your body is healing, which is what it is supposed to do. You are in my medical bay and will obey my orders. So. Stay. Still.”
“I had multiple compound fractures sticking through my skin! How is that healing?” the youth demanded, grasping onto something obvious to contradict the feeling of being steamrolled by this giant of a human.
The doctor gave him a searching look and tilted his head to the side. Drake saw something that might have been irritation or disgust crossed the doctor’s face before smoothing out into calm professionalism.
“What are you talking about kid?” The doctor asked managing somehow to sound both board and irritated at the same time, “If your leg had been damaged that badly there is no way you’d be able to walk this soon after.”





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Perchance A Dream - Excerpt 11 - Flying Sparks - A Novel – Strange Music and Stranger Dreams


Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.


Excerpt 11


This is not Bole! Bole does not exist!
If this is a dream than there is no reason for me not to enjoy it. If it is not a dream…
His thoughts drifted off as he opened his eyes. The window to the outside world had thickened again and the motion had resumed. They were moving once more. He tried to gurgle out his gratitude for the safe harbor and the pain relief around the thick liquid that filled his lungs and the crystalline gel that held his teeth and was a bit surprised when a happy hum was his response. Still wishing he could either pass out or wake up the youth simply focused on remembering everything he was seeing and hearing. At the very least this was exactly the kind of dream Ama liked to hear about, and he could tell her when Em was out with one of the rangers.
Drake had no idea how long the strange trip lasted but it was finally interrupted by a steady high pitched beep.




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Roaring Waters - Excerpt 9 - Flying Sparks - A Novel –A Swift Journey

Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.


Excerpt 9
The force of the water, even channeled by the banks of the stream was a weak thing, barely capable of lifting his body had he not bubbled his edges into atmospheric pockets. However it was enough to shove him along with enough speed that he did not need to risk exposing a swifter form, and none too soon. Terror and pain radiated out from the ember below in the flood waters and he cursed himself for not following the young human more closely. Now he all but must throw caution to the wind. The ranking humans at the base would hardly fault him for saving the lights of an ember. The water finally gained enough force to toss him over the edge of the precipice and his thought matrix sped through the possible options.






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Shattered Bones - Excerpt 8 - Flying Sparks - A Novel – Flash Flood


Drake McCarty’s leg was shattered deep in the wilderness, and as the flash flood closed over him, he looked death in the face.
When he wakes up in a hospital bed, in a military base that shouldn’t exist, he has a whole leg and a furious sister to deal with.
Drake is sworn to keep a secret he doesn’t understand, but whatever pulled him out of the flood, isn’t quite done with him yet, because even if you leave nothing but footprints, the things that walk the forest can still follow you home.


Excerpt 8


Just as it had come the flood receded in a flash. The water abated, flowing down stream and soaking into the ground and he collapsed on his back gasping. For a moment he lay there feeling wild joy and gratitude at being alive as his thoughts reformed into words and reason. But movement in the hollow of a dancing Douglas-fir caught his attention and his eyes struggled to focus on a dark form in a darker space. It was a crow he realized, and it was staring at something just below him in avid fascination. Curious Drake lifted and followed the direction of the corvid’s gaze.
At first his mind simply refused to process what he was seeing and focused on the fact that the flood had taken the shirt he had had wrapped around his leg as well as his pants leaving him in his tighty-whiteys. Annoyance hit him as he factored having to avoid Abuelita into his return plans. Then the pain hit him in a wave every bit as overwhelming as the flood and threatened to black him out. He fought against the darkness, a rough old voice urging him to stay awake and face the bull. Shaking his head he stared grimly at his shattered and lacerated leg. While one was merely cut and scraped from debris the already injured limb had clearly been broken.
“Well, Em always did want to know what a compound fracture looks like,” Drake gasped painfully before breaking into a cough.






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