Аннотация
Gary Gibson
Against Gravity
LABRATS
13 October 2096
The Armoured Saint Pub, Edinburgh
It began on the day when Kendrick Gallmon's heart stopped beating for ever.
The pain crashed down on him suddenly and he sagged, unable to prevent his legs crumpling at the knees. He looked down at the stained interior curve of a toilet bowl and gripped its cool ceramic sides with shaking hands, his ears full of the sound of his own laboured gasping. He vomited noisily, bright agony rushing through his every nerve ending, like wildfire surging through a tinder-dry forest. He watched his knuckles turn white where they gripped the porcelain, and he wondered if he was going to die.
And then, mercifully, the pain began to ease off, leaving him gasping and shivering in the chilly cubicle. He could feel his knees turning damp through his thin cotton jeans. His mouth tasted acid and foul.
Reaching inside his shirt with a couple of fingers, Kendrick touched t...
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