Good Mountain

In the far future, on a world made of water and little else, one desperate man rides inside a giant worm. Jopale is trying to make an appointment that will save his life. Perhaps. But this wet world is dying around him. Every other passenger is trying his or her best to survive. And out in the wastelands waits a long stretch of flat ground named Good Mountain, which might or might not bring salvation.

"Jopale stood up. When their worm was young and quite small, holes had been cut through its fleshy sides, avoiding the major muscle groups. Each hole was fitted with progressively larger rubber plugs, and finally a small plastic window that looked as if it was carved from a cold fog. Through one of those windows, Jopale could see the tall buildings of the city and their long shadows, plus the high clear sky that was as close to night as anything he had ever known. What a journey this had been, and it wasn’t even finished yet. Not for the first time, Jopale wished he had kept a journal. Then when there was time -- once he was living on the New Isles, perhaps -- he would write a thorough account of every awful thing that had happened, as well as his final triumphs."

Robert Reed has published stories and novels about the Great Ship. Or as he prefers it now, the Greatship. THE MEMORY OF SKY is a Greatship trilogy available in one volume. THE DRAGONS OF MARROW should be released on Kindle in the summer of 2018.


Genre: Science Fiction