The Ionian Cycle

The Ionian Cycle Synopsis

The tiny lifeboat seemed to hang suspended from its one working rear jet then it side-slipped and began to spin violently downwards to the sickly orange ground of the planet. Inside the narrow cabin Dr. Helena Naxos was hurled away from the patient she was tending and slammed into a solid bulkhead. The shock jolted the breath out of her. She shook her head and grabbed frantically at an overhead support as the cabin tilted again. Jake Donelli glared up from the view-screen where the alien earth expanded at him.