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    Drifter
    Drifter
    Drifter
    Ebook23 pages19 minutes

    Drifter

    By Shane Griffin

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    When an ancient Ark ship from the early days of galactic exploration and colonisation is discovered drifting in close orbit around Concorde 5 the experienced salvage crew of the Southern Cross are called in to investigate. When the salvage crew arrives they soon discover this is no ordinary salvage mission.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherShane Griffin
    Release dateFeb 24, 2013
    ISBN9781301674893
    Drifter
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    Shane Griffin

    Poupichou Press now also live on twitter - follow if you dare !!Shane Griffin is an ageing scientist, cricket fanatic and long term indie writer. He lives at the foot of the Blue Mountains.. He has completed over 30 titles including short stories, novella's and two full length novels.Shane is now focusing on e-publishing under his own label - Poupichou Press.Newest novel - Vendunari - Gene War is out now as an ebook and a hard print book. Newest shorter works Venudnari -Exile and Vendunari - Grenig's War.If you are interested in regular updates about my work please follow Poupichou Press on TwitterCurrently working on : new short story set in Visions of Magic realm, plus tinkering with ideas for Necrofaires 3. Its a slow process as a part time indie author so please be patient :)

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      Drifter - Shane Griffin

      Drifter

      By

      Shane Griffin

      Smash Words Edition Published by Poupichou Press

      Copyright Shane Griffin 1998

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      Guntha pushed his podgy body back into his anti-grav seat, took a relaxed breath and rubbed his short spiky hair. It was always tedious bringing his massive asteroid scoop, Saint Helen, into perfect orbit for a scoop run, but he had done it.

      OK Carl, load up the data for comp-control and I’ll initiate the scoop run, said Guntha as he swivelled in his chair to look at his techie, a thin lanky fellow with short dark hair.

      Doing it now, replied Carl, not looking up from his computer screen. OK, done.

      Good, then I’ll start the scoo… Guntha was interrupted by loud beeping from the flight console. What the hell?

      There’s something wrong Gunth, said Carl typing madly on his keyboard. We have something in our scoop run path. Something big!

      But we scanned this belt months ago and didn’t pick up any major dramas.

      "I’m going to

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