Chapter 41

From what I could tell, it had buried itself into the sand, but not by much. It generally looked intact. It was something of a miracle, and in my weakened, tired state there was something almost omniscient about it, like I was meant to find it, like it was meant to be here for me, waiting.

It was smaller than the Athena, by quite some margin. There was no trailer, either. It wasn’t like any kind of long-distance ship I’d ever seen, more like a low Earth orbit shuttle. Would it have really wor...