Prodigium: Rebirth
Prodigium, #3
Reeks: Prodigium
R. D. Blake
- Vengeance.
- A
- condition
- and
- need
- which
- still
- thrums
- deeply
- within
- humanity
- when
- it
- is
- denied
- justice.
- Once
- they
- escape,
- the
- levellers
- are
- bent
- on
- retribution
- for
- their
- millennia-long
- incarceration
- below
- the
- city
- of
- New
- Athens
- on
- the
- world
- of
- Galileo.
- The
- Silva
- must
- pay
- for
- their
- sins,
- and
- dearly.
- Equally
- so,
- Alexis
- Romachenko
- seeks
- to
- avenge
- the
- loss
- of
- everything
- he
- formerly
- possessed:
- his
- wealth,
- his
- vaulted
- position
- at
- the
- apex
- of
- Old
- Earth,
- and
- his
- ambitions
- for
- his
- world
- and
- for
- himself.
- He
- will
- kill
- Jude
- LeClaire
- for
- her
- betrayal
- and
- do
- his
- utmost
- to
- destroy
- the
- Silva.Franca
- Nujon,
- a
- twisted
- individual
- and
- member
- of
- the
- Ashina,
- the
- secret
- security
- arm
- of
- the
- Silva,
- has
- been
- similarly
- thwarted
- in
- fulfilling
- her
- orders
- to
- kill
- Jude.
- She
- has
- now
- captured
- Serge
- Branco,
- a
- Master
- Technicist
- who
- was
- previously
- working
- alongside
- the
- prodigic
- teenager
- as
- she
- laboured
- to
- bring
- a
- new
- means
- of
- wormhole
- transportation
- into
- existence.
- To
- sooth
- her
- own
- fractured
- and
- seething
- soul,
- Franca
- intends
- to
- torture
- Serge
- in
- hopes
- of
- discovering
- where
- Jude
- is
- and
- thereby
- complete
- her
- mission.Jude
- is
- not
- alone
- in
- being
- targeted
- for
- death.
- The
- Federation
- Navy
- has
- ordered
- Lieutenant
- Ser
- Kirktum
- to
- use
- his
- friendship
- with
- Bree
- Matthews,
- a
- prodigy
- in
- himself,
- to
- locate
- and
- then
- kill
- him:
- an
- act
- of
- swift
- justice
- for
- allegedly
- creating
- an
- artificial
- intelligence.
- And
- similarly,
- Paolo
- Fortes
- and
- Fraz
- Darrow,
- level
- brothers
- from
- the
- seventy-eighth
- level,
- who
- also
- once
- befriended
- Bree,
- have
- been
- convinced
- that
- Bree
- betrayed
- his
- oaths
- to
- them
- and
- are
- searching
- for
- him
- as
- well.
- Their
- first
- attempt
- to
- kill
- him
- failed
- due
- to
- the
- intervention
- of
- Feodor
- Stanikizic,
- but
- they
- have
- not
- given
- up.Feodor,
- one
- of
- the
- two
- people
- who
- originally
- created
- the
- current
- version
- of
- wormhole
- technology,
- is
- the
- leader
- of
- the
- people
- of
- Oasis
- who
- continue
- to
- secretly
- work
- to
- free
- the
- levellers
- on
- Galileo,
- for
- the
- imprisoned
- people
- below
- New
- Athens
- are
- their
- own
- distant
- relatives.
- Semah
- Delorian,
- known
- as
- The
- One
- to
- those
- in
- the
- Silva
- who
- are
- aware
- of
- her
- existence,
- was
- Feodor's
- former
- partner
- and
- shared
- in
- the
- development
- of
- the
- wormhole
- generator
- he
- devised.
- As
- with
- him,
- Semah
- has
- extended
- her
- life
- through
- the
- use
- of
- cloning
- and
- other
- forbidden
- technologies.
- She
- acts
- as
- the
- hidden
- leader
- of
- the
- Silva,
- guiding
- them
- to
- fulfill
- her
- objectives
- for
- their
- organization,
- of
- which
- the
- imprisonment
- of
- the
- levellers
- is
- the
- continuing
- principle
- one.
- For
- when
- Feodor
- disagreed
- with
- her
- and
- turned
- against
- her,
- she
- aspired
- to
- seek
- her
- own
- vengeance
- against
- him
- and
- all
- of
- what
- he
- has
- cared
- for.
- The
- majority
- of
- his
- followers
- and
- their
- future
- descendants
- were
- forced
- underground
- to
- live
- in
- despair
- and
- privation.
- So
- it
- has
- been
- for
- the
- last
- two
- millennia
- and
- she
- is
- determined
- that
- it
- remain
- so.
- She
- will
- not
- allow
- Feodor
- to
- succeed
- in
- freeing
- the
- levellers
- and
- is
- plotting
- to
- thwart
- his
- every
- effort
- through
- the
- use
- of
- damaged
- people
- like
- Franca
- Nujon.However
- Franca
- may
- never
- have
- her
- chance,
- for
- Jude,
- so
- riven
- with
- despair,
- discovering
- that
- Bree
- has
- already
- fallen
- in
- love
- with
- another
- woman,
- walks
- into
- the
- blue
- waters
- of
- Oasis
- seeking
- to
- put
- an
- end
- to
- her
- wretched
- and
- abused
- life.And
- so
- it
- would
- also
- appear
- in
- terms
- of
- Bree's
- aspirations
- to
- employ
- Jude's
- new
- theories
- related
- to
- the
- reality
- of
- the
- sub-quantum
- world
- to
- create
- a
- new
- means
- of
- wormhole
- transport.
- It
- just
- might
- change
- everything
- in
- the
- Federation
- and
- its
- people…just
- as
- Sabio
- Pontes,
- the
- aged
- savant
- on
- Old
- Earth,
- has
- always hoped.
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