Reunion
A Pip and Flinx Novel
Chapter One
When bad people are chasing you, life is dangerous. When good people are chasing
you, life is awkward. But when you are chasing yourself, the most simple facts
of existence become disturbing, destabilizing, and a source of unending waking
confusion.
So it was with Flinx, who in searching for the history of himself, found that he
was once again treading upon the hallowed, mystic soil of the spherical
blue-white womb among the stars that had given birth to his whole species. Only,
the soil he was treading presently was being treated by those around him with
something other than veneration, and a means of sourcing the information he
hoped to uncover was still to be found.
Tacrica was a beautiful place in which to be discouraged. Sensitive to his
frustration, Pip had been acting fidgety for days. An iridescent flutter of
pleated pink-and-blue wings and lethal, diamond-backed body, she would rise from
his shoulder to dart aimlessly about his head and neck before settling
restlessly back down into her customary position of repose. As ac ... read full excerpt from: Reunion ebook
