Jeremy Lyon @ 10-10-2006
David McGillveray - whose story “His Whore The Vector” appeared on Futurismic last year - is back with an action-packed tale of the secretive front lines of Sino-American rivalry.
Forgotten Dragons
by David McGillveray
Chongqing Municipality, People’s Republic of China, Spring 2026
The night air was wet with mist, the ground cold beneath their bellies.
“What the hell are we doing out here, man?” grumbled Cope. He spoke Mandarin out of custom, even though they were alone. “I thought the plan was to hit the fuel convoy and get out fast like last time.”
Janssen shook his head and returned the night-vision binos to his eyes. “Won’t work.” Continue reading “FORGOTTEN DRAGONS by David McGillveray”
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Jeremy Lyon @ 06-09-2005
“His Whore The Vector” by David McGillveray is a dark tale about dictators, revenge and what violence wreaks.
His Whore The Vector
by David McGillveray
The palace was a monstrosity in poured concrete with clumps of antennae bristling from every roof. Nadine was driven to an anonymous side entrance guarded by militiamen and taken inside. The door groaned shut behind her.
Behind the walls, the gardens had been left to wither in the heat. Desiccated roses lay in mass graves and a fine covering of dust clung to every surface. Nadine was led into the cool gloom of the main complex. The slap of her escort’s boots echoed along the maze of corridors: always a different route, always the same destination.
Gerber was waiting: white, white skin untouched by the sun, shaven head and flat, colourless eyes that kept the world out. The European mercenary had been rewarded for his enthusiastic bloodletting a decade ago in the purges with a position heading security for the most notorious butcher of them all. Continue reading “HIS WHORE THE VECTOR by David McGillveray”
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