《El Dorado 》作者： - Tom Ligon【EPUB】

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EL DORADO by TOM LIGON * * * * Illustration by Vincent Di Fate * * * * Heroes don’t always fit the expected image.... Victor Gendeg let his eyes adjust as he studied the jumbled ball of dirty ice before him. It was illuminated only by starlight, especially by one bright star about 3.3 light-days away, and his eyes strained to make out any detail. He leaned so close to the window that his breath frosted it. He wiped the white deposit away and held his breath to gaze at it again. “Computer, voice log on.” “That must be it. Classic exit jumble. Definitely had a collision with a smaller, denser object.” He checked the magnetometer. Was it just beginning to show a trace of a magnetic field as he approached it? “Yes! Magnetic. This has to be it!” He glanced at the monitors, which showed the object so much clearer than naked human eyes could, then turned back to the window to gain a more personal connection with the planetesimal. “Eureka! Right freakin’ where you’re supposed to be! Sumbitch thought you were pretty sneaky, hiding out in the Oort Cloud, didn’t ya? Well, Victor Gendeg tracked your banged-up ass down! Four billion years of ducking and hiding, but your ass is mine