Jess heaved a deep sigh as the Wanderer left jump space and joined the fleet. They’d made it! They’d cleared the danger area and returned to normal space!
“Ten seconds to detonation,” said Ali.
“Almost there,” said Clay. “Are we going to see anything in real space?”
“I don’t know,” replied Jess. “Not much I hope. If we can see the effects then they might be able to damage us. The Wanderer will be able to detect it though.”
“Five seconds,” said Ali.
“Four,” said Jess.
“Three,” said Ali and Clay at the same time.
Jess grinned, feeling giddy as all his worries and stresses focused onto a single point.
“Two,” they all said in unison. “One. Zero!”
Nothing happened. Jess began frantically scanning jump space for any signs of the explosion but found nothing. He tried to calm hi
