Darkness on Harvey's World - Intro

"Don't Die Trying"

Harvey's World seemed like a paradise, perfect for colonization. Its broad rolling grasslands were warmed by gentle breezes and blanketed with docile herbivores. But when the first small survey colony arrived and started sending bizarre reports of unexplained darkness, then abruptly stopped sending reports three days after landing, a rescue ship was rushed to help.

As the rescuers neared Harvey's World and began to receive automated telemetry from the stricken ship, they learned that only four of the twenty-four crew members were still alive . . . barely. The survivors' medical telemetry made no sense, but their final log entries made even less sense.

What happened to the survey colony? What was the darkness that enveloped the sunny green paradise? Can the rescue team save the remaining survivors without succumbing to whatever caused the disaster? Harvey's World looked gorgeous and safe, an ideal colony planet. But something had destroyed the colony ship and crew within three days. The first rule of a space rescue is "Don't Die Trying."

You can read this story on-line by clicking the links below, or download a pdf version of the complete story. (It's a lot easier to read than the on-line version.)

Chapter 1: Squawk
Chapter 2: Survivors
Chapter 3: Data
Chapter 4: Orbit
Chapter 5: "I Am Become Death"
Chapter 6: Landfall
Chapter 7: Darkness on Harvey's World
Chapter 8: Amnesia Forgotten
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