Chapter Thirty
The charge hit the screen of the closest console at the checkpoint. Those screens tended to be made from artificial glass, and warnings always circulated about how this material would explode into a shower of tiny pieces with huge temperature changes.
The glass did just that, exploding into thousands of fragments lit up like a fire cracker.
The heat started a fire inside the exposed panel of the machine.
People screamed and tried to push away from the black smoke.
Guards shouted for everyone to keep calm. A couple of emergency lights came on. Their yellowish light gilded the heads of the crowd, people moving and pushing, lifting children out of the crush.
Tina stood next to Jens on the box. The light lit up Arkady’s greying hair and the tall form of Jette also stood ou
