VOR: Island of Power
Chapter One
Time: 1:17 a.m. Pacific Time
14 minutes before Arrival
Dr. Hank Downer shivered. The wind coming off the Pacific Ocean cut
through his light jacket as if it wasn't there, the salt air
stinging his neck and face. He pulled the zipper up a little closer
to his chin, hoping to block even the smallest breath of wind. It
did no good. He would never get used to the dampness of the ocean
air and the biting cold of the Oregon nights. The weather there
never seemed to change. Cold rain and cold wind. Always the same.
At least at the moment there was no rain. But the wind felt like it
was peeling off layers of skin. The noise of the wind against his
ears threatened to drown out his thoughts, but it was not enough to
overpower the sound of the pounding of the surf.
He and Stephanie Peters stood on a beach that stretched for
kilometers of blackness in either direction. To the south a few
lights shone from the small coastal town of Dustin Cove. Once a
thriving coastal fishing community, the town was now populated
mostly by research scientists like him and Stephanie and the
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