Thursday, 5 November 2020

Iern's Moment Of Realization

Orion Shall Rise, CHAPTER FOURTEEN.

Characters converge. Ronica proposes to crash her plane, killing herself and her two passengers, Mikli and Iern, rather than be captured by Terai, who is accompanied by Wairoa and Plik. Of course, this is the cue for Iern, an experienced Stormrider, to experience a moment of realization:

"Low above conifers, the sun filled the cabin with a haze of luminance. Sun! It exploded in Iern." (p. 223)

He remembers, and reminds us of, a sky duel between him and Jovain in an earlier chapter. He proposes to collide with Terai's jet. Forewarned, he and his companions will bail out. Will this work? Read on.

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