Hostile World

By Vianka Van Bokkem

When I was done packing I followed Dad to one of his private jets. The pilot was already waiting for us. A few hours later we arrived at Cape Canaveral; from there we were taken to the Kennedy Space Center.

“What are we doing here, Dad?”

“My birthday present to you is a trip to space in the company of four prestigious astronauts. I know how much you like astronomy, and I thought this would be the perfect gift.”

I was speechless with Dad’s surprise. The two of us were taken to a crash course on what to do and expect inside the space shuttle.

The space shuttle was slowly rotating around our beautiful planet when all of a sudden we saw something coming straight at us.

“What is that?” Dad and I asked the lady at the same time. She got closer to one of the windows and looked concerned.

“Well, it’s too big to be an asteroid. I don’t know what it is!”

• Language: English
• Publisher: Domus Supernaturalis
• Release date: Jan 3, 2015
• ISBN: 9781497728233