Shards of Silver: Drowned Earth, #0

By Alanah Andrews and Drowned Earth

Debbie is on board the Spirit of Tasmania with her family, returning to Melbourne after spending the holidays in Australia's southernmost state. Feeling seasick, she steps out onto a balcony for some fresh air when a stranger tells her to look at the sky.

Mesmerised, Debbie witnesses strange lights zipping across the night sky like shards of silver.

But Debbie soon realises that seasickness is the least of her worries when the meteor shower takes a deadly turn.

Will Debbie survive the night? What about the rest of the world?

Shards of Silver is a short story prequel to Drowned Earth, a series of novellas written by Australian authors and set in a watery apocalypse.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Deadset Press
• Release date: Sep 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781393264187

Book preview

Shards of Silver by Alanah Andrews

The bed pitched backwards and Debbie’s pillow dropped lower than her feet. Groaning, she clutched her stomach as the small cabin righted itself and then rocked to the left.

You all right, hun? murmured her husband from the bunk on the other side of the room.

Just peachy, replied Debbie, sitting up and leaning heavily against the wall. She could feel the large motors humming gently, sending vibrations up through the floor and the metal frame of her bunk. Closing her eyes, she listened to the ship creaking as it plunged over the unseen waves. The only other sounds were the soft breathing of her husband on the bed opposite, and her daughter, Miriam, on the bunk below. Neither of them seemed distressed by the fact that their beds were rocking like possessed seesaws.

Climbing down the ladder, Debbie tried to ignore the spray of saltwater splashing against the porthole window. I’m going for a walk, she told her husband, pulling her coat on over her pyjamas. "See if I can calm my