Chapter 34
October - 3,390 BC
Earth: Halifian encampment
JAMIN
The sky roiled with thin, murky clouds, baby s**t yellow, the color of the desert. The occasional spark lit up the darkness building upon the horizon, warning of the sandstorm to come. Here and there, rays of sunlight shone through, as though the gods were giving him a baleful eye. The eagles circled the scrawny herd of goats and sheep, ever watchful for prey as he crested the hill and stared down at the assembly of tents.
Jamin eyed the sky with neither apprehension nor fear. The advent of the rainy season was always preceded by unsettled weather, false lightning and the promise of moisture which darkened the sky but never reached the ground unless it was in the form of destructive wet sand. Had he any common sense, he wo
