CHAPTER EIGHT ROSLYN CONFERENCE HALL: 30 minutes after the Initial Cradle Test. Glowing panes of light unfolded in front of each of us, and the conference hall went dead silent. I heard someone’s chair creak...
THE FIRST CRADLE CHAPTER SEVEN – I’d be dead, and so would all of you
CHAPTER SEVEN ROSLYN CRADLE CHAMBER: 2 minutes after the initial Cradle Test. The vault door groaned open, but my father didn’t wait for it to finish. He squeezed through the gap and rushed to the...
THE FIRST CRADLE CHAPTER SIX – Earth’s eligibility has been verified and accepted
CHAPTER SIX ROSLYN INTERVIEW ROOM: 42 hours, 30 minutes after the Global Grid failure. Yumi and Kyle sat across from each other in a small briefing room, neither of them quite sure what to...
THE FIRST CRADLE CHAPTER FIVE – If you’re going to throw up, trash cans are located at every exit
CHAPTER FIVE ROSLYN CONFERENCE HALL: 36 hours after the Global Grid Failure. I didn’t get much sleep the night before, and I don’t think any of the others did either. Now we sat in the...
THE FIRST CRADLE CHAPTER FOUR – This is so above my pay grade
CHAPTER FOUR ROSLYN COLONEL DIMITRI’S OFFICE: 14 hours after the Global Grid Failure “I don’t like this.” Colonel Dimitri Antonov stood behind his desk, arms crossed, glaring at Henry. “You told me that once it...
THE FIRST CRADLE CHAPTER THREE – Absolutely brilliant, terrifying, but sentient
CHAPTER THREE ROSLYN BRIEFING ROOM: 8 hours 3 minutes after the Global Grid Failure I’d asked the question before I could stop myself. What would it be like inside the system? Would we just be...
THE FIRST CRADLE CHAPTER TWO – Your vending machines are out of crayons
CHAPTER TWO ROSLYN SECURITY SUITE: 6 hours 30 minutes after the Global Grid Failure “What do you think, Dimitri?” Henry glanced at the security monitor showing the three young people sitting at the table in...
THE FIRST CRADLE CHAPTER ONE – Blowing a kiss to Miss Dagger Eyes
CHAPTER ONE SEATTLE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY: 90 Minutes Before the Storm. My pencil tapped the margin again and again, leaving faint dents in the paper. My leg bounced against the chair, my foot tapped the...
THE FIRST CRADLE PROLOGUE- Please don’t be angry Henry
ROSLYN RESEARCH FACILITY: 6 Months Before the Storm. In a dark office somewhere near Seattle, Washington, Professor Henry Giles took off his lab coat and draped it over his chair. He walked to the side...