Tales from the Pandoran Age: Book One
Subtitle: Silurian World
Publisher: PublishAmerica
Published: June 28, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9781413721386
Subjects: Science Fiction; Science Fiction - General; Fiction; Fiction - Science Fiction; Fiction / Science Fiction / General
Genres: tech noir/magic realism
First sentence: An Empath? It’s a thing that rolls in ashes,
dreams in shadow lands,
drinks toasts with the dead;
hears their shocked tears with each turning
of derelict worlds spinning celestial threads
crying "Gone, gone, all... is...gone"
-Winteroud Sole, Caldris

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     Scaling the crest of a ragged, dusty ridge, Winteroud Sole glared at the burnt vestiges of the city. His awful empathic sense howled unmercifully through his mind. Impressions assailed him; lives of people who'd lived here like echoes on a holoscreen speaking unfinished phrases over and over. He steadied his resolve.
I am a scientist” he whispered to himself. He looked to his recording driod, who, though not expensive, was astute enough to perceive Winterouds anxiety at the sight.
    "Rather grim, Sir." The chromium skinned android offered coolly...