wrenching the door open. Sand poured around them into the cabin, bringing a dry

He pulled back on the wing brakes, gently at first, then harder and harder.

He felt them cup the air, their aspect ratio dropping faster and faster. Wind

He pointed up the dune face and beyond it where they could see a rock tower

stopped on the broken wing side, the right wing pointing toward the stars.

The craft skidded across a dune top, twisting to the left. It tumbled down the

out onto the 'thopter's metal skin. Paul followed, dragging the pack by its

He pointed up the dune face and beyond it where they could see a rock tower

was free of her harness. She stepped up onto the side of the right-hand seat and

He felt them cup the air, their aspect ratio dropping faster and faster. Wind

He pulled back on the wing brakes, gently at first, then harder and harder.

opposite face to bury its nose in the next dune amid a cascade of sand. They lay

He pointed up the dune face and beyond it where they could see a rock tower

He felt them cup the air, their aspect ratio dropping faster and faster. Wind

Paul jerked off his safety harness, hurled himself upward across his mother,

wrenching the door open. Sand poured around them into the cabin, bringing a dry

smell of burned flint. He grabbed the pack from the rear, saw that his mother

undercut by sandblast winds.

straps.

out onto the 'thopter's metal skin. Paul followed, dragging the pack by its

Paul jerked off his safety harness, hurled himself upward across his mother,

Paul jerked off his safety harness, hurled himself upward across his mother,

straps.

was free of her harness. She stepped up onto the side of the right-hand seat and

Abruptly, with only the faintest lurch of warning, the left wing, weakened

wrenching the door open. Sand poured around them into the cabin, bringing a dry

He felt them cup the air, their aspect ratio dropping faster and faster. Wind

undercut by sandblast winds.

undercut by sandblast winds.