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This Long Vigil

By Jaime Castle and Rhett C Bruno

This Long Vigil
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  • Narrator: Ray Porter
  • Available in: Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, Audiobook
  • Pages: 43
  • Duration: 56 minutes
  • Published: December 18, 2015

After twenty-five years serving as the human Monitor of the Interstellar Ark, Hermes, Orion is scheduled to be placed back into hibernation with the other crewmembers.

Knowing he’ll die there and be replaced before the ship’s voyage is over, he decides that he won’t—can’t—accept that fate.

Whatever it takes, Orion will escape Hermes and see what’s beyond, even if it means defying the regulations of his only friend—the ship-wide artificial intelligence known as Dan.

From the Washington Post and #1 Audible Bestselling duo, Rhett C. Bruno & Jaime Castle, comes a harrowing science fiction short story that will leave you questioning exactly what it means to be alive.


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