The Last Supper
T. D. Hamm
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Description
T. D. Hamm tells a short, chilling tale of pursuit on a frozen Earth, introduced as a jolt and a chill. Guldran chases a woman hampered by a child in her arms, running less fleetly now, while exultation drowns his uneasy guilt at disobeying orders. Those orders were mandatory and concise: no capture alone, any human life reported to the ship at once, and all small craft back an hour before take-off.
Anyone missing that hour counts as lost, and great seas of snow and ice sweep toward each other since Earth reversed on its axis in a catastrophe a millennium before. Summer and winter alike bring paralyzing gales, and sleety snow holds the tracks of skin-clad feet. Guldran, a trained anthropologist, ponders two men found nearly frozen days before. One died at once, one speaking in primitive signs of cave dwellers to the west.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | T. D. Hamm |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |