Chapter 95
While the sub slid through the ocean's darkest waters, Sparr prepared. In addition to the evacuation suit, the sub contained an emergency kit. He removed the signal beacon, then stuffed the pack with spare food pouches. The gene sequencer just fit into the waterproof case. Sparr had spent much of the voyage sequencing the almost one hundred native Kaybe species he had swabbed at the Museum. They represented a treasure of genetic information far exceeding what Sparr had even imagined just weeks earlier. He was ready. The chart, after he had restored the real version from backup, was enormously helpful. After scouring the coastline imagery north of the Odysseus camp, Sparr found a marshy area thick with mangrove trees. At sunset the next day he nudged the sub into a grove, secured it, and c
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