Chapter 14The explosion came at 23,000 feet, jarring the occupants of the canvas module with boneshattering effectiveness. Something dangerous and destructive had definitely hit the ship.
The module spiraled to earth like a flaming comet as the commander used all the skill at his disposal to keep it parallel to the ground below. Direct impact could prove fatal to them all. Yet crashing into the thickest part of the Saagernon rainforest was not something he was looking forward to either. Especially not with Casina aboard.
"Brace for impact!" he shouted, just as the craft swept through the tallest of the trees, tearing off branches and leaves as it violated the unyielding foliage and thick, tangled jungle growth. Tree limbs scraped violently against the module"s fusilage as it pierced thro
