Foster took a step back. "So that's what happened." "A flawed curve?" Josh asked. "I don't understand." “The Jarna doesn’t really open a curve, but I think I understand what he’s saying,” Deidra said, embracing Pryde. “The ship manufactured a blind black hole that opened here.” For a moment, Pryde’s raspy breathing was the only sound echoing in the darkened corridor. "They don't teach you about flawed curves in Star Runner school?" Orvin asked. "Not that I remember." Josh looked at him. "What is it?" Orvin raised his eyebrows. "They were much more common when the curvature drive technology was first invented. See, a curve isn't natural. It's breaking the rules of physics, you see? It's driving a hole into the fabric of known space to allow a ship to appear at two different places alm

