Return to EdenChapter 25
The shipboard jubilation over Meiersdottir's and her baby's return unharmed far surpassed any concern for the injured Miller. Given the major's preference for isolating himself and his troops from contact with the civilians, he was little known among them; and the few who'd had any significant interaction with him hadn't liked him. His passage to sick bay, now on a gurney wheeled by two of the technicians, evoked but cursory concern. On the other hand, all wanted to fete the homecoming...