want to get as close as possible to the desert floor before we camp."

jump down there. But perhaps suspensors are another thing to avoid in the open

jump down there. But perhaps suspensors are another thing to avoid in the open

desert. Maybe they attract the worms the way a shield does.

He stood, helped her to her feet. "Are you rested enough for a climb down? I

He looked across at that other rock wall, seeing the passage of time in the

"Had we better get started?" she asked.

He looked across at that other rock wall, seeing the passage of time in the

"Where'll we spend the day?" she asked.

vertical moonshadows there. "It'll be dawn within the hour."

fissure with its ledge outlined by moonshadow leading along the vestibule.

want to get as close as possible to the desert floor before we camp."

vertical moonshadows there. "It'll be dawn within the hour."

"Where'll we spend the day?" she asked.

He hesitated, then lifted the pack, settled it onto his shoulders and turned

and deeper shadows. Hints of rock shape climbed to the stars around them. The

"Had we better get started?" she asked.

the moonlight could not last much longer. They wound down into a world of deeper

desert. Maybe they attract the worms the way a shield does.

They came to a series of shelves dropping down and, beyond them, saw a

fissure with its ledge outlined by moonshadow leading along the vestibule.

before we try it, though."

Paul led the way down, moving cautiously but hurrying because it was obvious

If only we had suspensors, Jessica thought. It'd be such a simple matter to

fissure with its ledge outlined by moonshadow leading along the vestibule.

They came to a series of shelves dropping down and, beyond them, saw a

desert. Maybe they attract the worms the way a shield does.

the moonlight could not last much longer. They wound down into a world of deeper

vertical moonshadows there. "It'll be dawn within the hour."