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    Tales from Omega Station: Underworld
    Tales from Omega Station: Underworld
    Tales from Omega Station: Underworld
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    Tales from Omega Station: Underworld

    By K.G. McAbee

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    Omega Station, aka the Rock. A barren, airless asteroid on the outermost edge of the galaxy, home of the richest of the rich and the poorest of the poor. Dotted with commercial, military and residential domes, the outer surface is the place to live for those who can afford it or are lucky enough to work there.
    But the vast majority of the Rock's residents don't live in the surface domes; instead, they have tunneled downwards, moving ever further towards its fiery heart. The upper levels are safe, comfortable, secure—or as secure as anyone can be on Omega Station. The lower levels, now; they are home to the detritus of a double dozen races and species, all living in uneasy juxtaposition, fighting, loving, eating—and being eaten.
    The Rock's location in space, the last real port before exiting the galaxy, has made it a valuable commodity to many governments and private corporations, as has the addictive drug straz, which grows only in its recycling vats. Control has been taken and given in a hundred bloody battles over the years, but those who live in the lower levels—and further down, in the Depths—are often barely aware of whoever claims to be in charge.
    No one, really, rules the Rock, whatever they may claim, however many weapons and warriors they throw against it.
    For the Rock is eternal...and it has many stories...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherK.G. McAbee
    Release dateNov 22, 2013
    ISBN9781311133915
    Tales from Omega Station: Underworld
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    K.G. McAbee

    K.G. McAbee has had several books and nearly a hundred short stories published, and some of them are honestly quite readable. She writes steampunk, fantasy, science fiction, horror, pulp, westerns and, most recently, comics. She’s a member of Horror Writers Association and International Thriller Writers and is an Artist in Residence with the South Carolina Arts Commission. Her steampunk/zombie novella recently received an honorable mention in the 3rd quarter Writers of the Future contest.

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      Tales from Omega Station - K.G. McAbee

      Underworld:

      A Tale of Omega Station

      By K.G. McAbee

      Copyright K.G. McAbee 2013

      Cover art copyright J.A. Johnson 2013

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      Underworld

      K.G. McAbee

      Captain, Sir! All present and accounted for, Sir!

      Captain Eversyn winced at the shout, then nodded at Baranin; the young lieutenant was so eager he seemed to be vibrating. Eversyn cast a critical eye over the squad of ten that blocked the corridor, all seasoned Connies looking calm, uninterested and assured, then nodded again. He hoped Baranin wouldn't burst in excitement, but it made Eversyn uncomfortable to see how tightly the boy's hand was wrapped around his blaster.

      No one on this damned Rock was supposed to be armed, except, of course, for the Consolidated Guard, though that concept had proved more than a farce in the past.

      Good. Inside, triple time. Secure the exits, locate the quarry, surround and stand to until further orders.

      Sir!

      The squad entered the elegance that was the Starview Lounge and followed orders, as always. Eversyn watched them from a strategic position near the main entrance. Quick, smooth, efficient, just as the Guard did everything.

      Even Baranin managed to contain his excitement and manage not to shoot anyone.

      But it was totally useless, since it was obvious that their quarry wasn't there.

      Warnings had reached the wrong ears. Not surprising. He'd expected it. It was well nigh impossible to keep anything secret on Omega Station—aka The Rock—with its endless warrens and tunnels and labyrinths curving over and under and back on each other. The high beryllion content of the planetoid itself prevented most scanners

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