Abruptly, with only the faintest lurch of warning, the left wing, weakened

He felt them cup the air, their aspect ratio dropping faster and faster. Wind

wrenching the door open. Sand poured around them into the cabin, bringing a dry

Paul jerked off his safety harness, hurled himself upward across his mother,

Paul jerked off his safety harness, hurled himself upward across his mother,

He pointed up the dune face and beyond it where they could see a rock tower

"Run!" he ordered.

Paul jerked off his safety harness, hurled himself upward across his mother,

wrenching the door open. Sand poured around them into the cabin, bringing a dry

screamed through the lapped coverts and primaries of the wings' leaves.

was free of her harness. She stepped up onto the side of the right-hand seat and

Paul jerked off his safety harness, hurled himself upward across his mother,

screamed through the lapped coverts and primaries of the wings' leaves.

He felt them cup the air, their aspect ratio dropping faster and faster. Wind

"Run!" he ordered.

was free of her harness. She stepped up onto the side of the right-hand seat and

He felt them cup the air, their aspect ratio dropping faster and faster. Wind

out onto the 'thopter's metal skin. Paul followed, dragging the pack by its

stopped on the broken wing side, the right wing pointing toward the stars.

smell of burned flint. He grabbed the pack from the rear, saw that his mother

The craft skidded across a dune top, twisting to the left. It tumbled down the

Abruptly, with only the faintest lurch of warning, the left wing, weakened

The craft skidded across a dune top, twisting to the left. It tumbled down the

"Run!" he ordered.

out onto the 'thopter's metal skin. Paul followed, dragging the pack by its

stopped on the broken wing side, the right wing pointing toward the stars.

He pointed up the dune face and beyond it where they could see a rock tower

Jessica leaped off the '

Jessica leaped off the '