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Pheonix
by Ken Rand



Zumaya Publications - Science Fiction

Copyright (C)2003 by Ken Rand

The sled transformed into an incandescent white flash of light. The explosion seemed to come from
inside her brain. The ground heaved, lifting her into the dust and rock-filled air, throwing her backward.
She flew, spinning, propelled by the shock wave. Sharp, flying rock chips stung her face and hands,
ripping at her. Pain knifed her legs, arms and back. And abdomen.

She landed against a rock spur, knocking the wind from her. Vision blurred, breathing agony, she forced
herself to look back down the canyon.

Through the flying rock and tumult, Anna saw an orange-and-yellow fireball climb the walls like a thing
alive. Atop the fireball, suspended as though afloat on water, an object burned and twisting. A man.

She knew it was Martin, not one of the gang, although they must have also been incinerated. She didn't
know how she knew it was Martin, but she knew.

A sudden sharp pain stabbed through her belly, and Anna knew something else had died, too; but she
didn't know what it was. For a fraction of a second, she understood that if she thought about it she might
identify the source of the pain. Something—no, someone—other than her, other than Martin, had been
hurt in the fire. Not one of the Familia. Someone else.

With deliberate cunning, as though erasing a slate or computer file, Anna shut down the part of her mind
she knew could identify the—the what?

Something—something bad—has happened. I don't know what it is.

She slammed another door shut in her mind, and forgot that there had been anything to forget.

Then she forgot that.
2003
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are products of the author's
imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual locales events or persons living or dead is
entirely coincidental.
ISBN 1-894869-96-6
Cover art and design by Martine Jardin
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Published by Zumaya Publications 2003
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