Abandoned world: the Awareness

О книге

Автор книги - Владимир Андерсон. Произведение относится к жанрам космическая фантастика, триллеры, мистика. Оно опубликовано в 2024 году. Книге не присвоен международный стандартный книжный номер.

Аннотация

Part Two of the Abandoned World Saga *** Heddock faces a terrible disease that pierces his soul in an attempt to destroy him. Together with Sierra, he searches for answers, delving into the darkest corners of the station's inner life. *** Meanwhile, Peyton, barely recovered from a micro-infarction, explains to the citizens of Apollo 24 the need for new changes. He is driven by an overwhelming desire to torture Delaney, the girl he used to love so wholeheartedly. *** Natalie searches for the missing Morgan, realizing that her whole life can now only go hand in hand with him. Finding new feelings reveals to her the many nuances of human nature. *** A tightening regime threatens the delicate balance between survival and the mysteries its inhabitants are trying to solve. And a mystical disease seems to be not only trying to destroy everyone, but also has an intelligence of its own.

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Heddock

The darkness in the room became even more palpable. Warm. Enveloping. Heddock was well aware of his surroundings, and had a separate sense of the distance to the switch on the wall, knowing that if he turned on the light, he would immediately lose that sensation. The sensation of darkness that could hold him in its embrace.

He moved toward his desk, treading carefully and putting his hands out slightly in front of him. After a couple steps, he reached his destination and walked around the desk, sitting down in his desk chair. The folding knife he was going for was in the second drawer on the right next to the TV remote. It occurred to him that it would be more comfortable to sit not in total darkness, but just by turning on something, so that that something would light up the room only slightly.

Finding the handle, Heddock yanked it and slid his hand inside. Then he pulled out the knife and the remote, pressing the first button he could find. The TV across the room from him lit up, showing the eight most important surveillance cameras in Apollo 24, showing the movements of citizens in the mess hall, the main assembly hall, the auditorium, the central passageways, and the administration building.

Given that his eyes were already well accustomed to the darkness, Heddock could see everything around him even in this light. Especially the knife. Yes, all these steps were primarily to see the knife better. And to better understand what actions would be most appropriate. Actions that could stretch and release the left side of his body that was weighing him down. He could directly feel that everything on his left side felt like it was shrinking and preventing the rest of his body from functioning properly, especially his heart. After all, it was on his left side too. It was moving too much and too often. And it felt more and more uncomfortable each time. Like if you took it out, there would be relief. You could do anything you wanted....

But you have to get to that point. You can't just pull a heart out. If you could, everyone would have done it a long time ago. Right away, no questions asked. Everyone would have been walking around without a heart long ago, and rejoicing at the ease they had as a result of it It was

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