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    Spiral, Part 2 of Ashor's Tale
    Spiral, Part 2 of Ashor's Tale
    Spiral, Part 2 of Ashor's Tale
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    Spiral, Part 2 of Ashor's Tale

    By John M. Berg

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    "Spiral" is the second installment in the "Ashor's Tale" trilogy of short stories. Set on the edge of human space, "Spiral" is a science-fiction tale continuing the story of one man against the system that no longer has a use for him.

    Alone and desperate, Ashor Dunai has learned that there truly is no way out. Now, with time running out, he works the system the only way he knows how in a ruthless attempt to even the odds stacked against him.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn M. Berg
    Release dateMay 23, 2015
    ISBN9781311483379
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      Spiral, Part 2 of Ashor's Tale - John M. Berg

      Spiral

      Part 2 of Ashor’s Tale

      By John M. Berg

      Author’s Preferred Edition

      Distributed by Smashwords

      This publication is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are used fictitiously or are the product of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual places, persons (living or dead) or events is coincidental.

      The original photography used for the cover image is by NASA. Use of this image does not imply an endorsement by or from NASA. NASA's website can be found at http://www.nasa.gov/.

      Spiral and Ashor’s Tale are copyrighted 2015, John M. Berg under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license.

      The characters and setting are adapted from Alec’s Tale, originally published as Turning Point (born from a story fragment by J. Stottlemire) and Spiral, at www.thedrydenexperiment.com. Turning Point and Spiral were then released by the dryden experiment in e-book format as Turning Point, Part 1 of Alec’s Tale and Spiral, Part 2 of Alec's Tale in 2014. As of this update release (02/06/2018), the dryden experiment can be found at drydenexperiment.wordpress.com

      You can read up on Creative Commons licensing at –

      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

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      The best weapon against an enemy is another enemy.

      -Friedrich Nietzsche

      1

      *Skrrk*

      Hello. My name is Ashor Dunai and you are being lied to.

      *Skrrk *

      It was the first thing I said on Pirate’s feed and it was true. Interference between my comp-shades and Pirate’s drone created little bursts of static when I spoke.

      *Skrrk *

      That is the one thing I won’t do. For as long as I have left, I will only give you truth.

      *Skrrk *

      But that was later, after I’d met Pirate.

      I left Tommi’s in a rage, barely noticing the weight of my bag. I stalked through clumps of rotting garbage as the grimed alley walls leaned in. My fists clenched themselves as I moved, aching for a throat.

      Stopping, I looked around. Punching the shades up for light-enhancement and heat-signature I made sure there was no one in direct line-of-sight. Pulling the bag around to rest on my belly, I grabbed the zip and yanked.

      My right hand dove in, fishing around. It found what it wanted between two of my three remaining concussion grenades. My arm pulled back and the hand came out, its prize clenched tight. Pausing, I stared at the pair of shock-gloves before forcing my fingers open. The gloves expanded as

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