Wraiths of Caledonia

By Damian Foyle

The night cycle falls on the mining planet of Caledonia. For the human residents of the planet, it means 50 days of dark and unnatural cold where every single base locks down until the dawn. Only minutes away from the sundown Colonel Maser must embark on a rescue mission, racing against time and harsh oncoming conditions as the only native inhabitant of the planet starts to surface from their nests.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Damian Foyle
• Release date: Oct 27, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465962232

Damian Foyle

Damian Foyle, is an aspiring fiction writer who loves writing short bio's, since it's almost a legit excuse for talking about himself in third person. Damian dabbles in SEO and article writing occasionally, but mostly focuses on short fiction and novels. He has published two short stories and currently working through a novel.

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Wraiths of Caledonia

Damian Foyle

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Chapter 01

Nights came slow, at a planetary crawling speed on this sad excuse for a planet. The sunset -feeling longer than a single earth-day sometimes, was a mesmerizing moment between the long day and the chilling night that followed. As the planet lazily turned its back to the suns, the light from the binary star system gave the control center a reddish hue like a bad omen to come. The day bled away slowly and the darkness crept over the barren land. Death and cold would rule Caledonia for the next 50 earth-days.

Maybe it was that single moment of peace on such a hostile land that kept me on this assignment, or perhaps it was the struggle, the danger and the knowing that back on Earth people's lives were better because of our hard work.