Flight

A short story of a 7k words, original published in Return of the Dinosaurs, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg.A fossil-a bone-arrives in Peter's mail. He understands what this means: The father from whom he's been estranged since childhood has died. He's never understood why his father deserted his family, and attending to his inheritance is one way of attempting to understand it.His wife is worried. His mother is very, very worried. Peter himself is not. He knows what his father did to his family, and he has no intention of ever doing the same thing to his own wife and child.But what he finds is not what he expected, and he is caught-as his father was caught-by the compelling voice of a past he has never experienced until now… I write novels for DAW books. There are 11 books in total, over three different, but connected series:THE SACRED HUNT:Hunter's OathHunter's DeathTHE SUN SWORD:Broken CrownUncrowned KingShining CourtSea of SorrowsRiven ShieldSun SwordTHE HOUSE WAR:Hidden CityCity of NightHouse NameSkirmishBattleOracleFirstbornWarOver the years, I've written novellas tied into the universe in which these novels are set, and all but one are out of print. So I'm here, in part, to at least make the stories available as epubs from here on :)I *also* write novels as Michelle Sagara, for Mira & for DAW: