Hal Falling Skies Novels & Stories

The Last Ascent The sky was collapsing. Reality itself cracked like glass under pressure. BOOOOOOOOM! A massive section of the Bastion broke away and vanished into the void below. Thomas barely kept his footing. Cassian did the same. Eryx landed on a fractured platform beside them. All three Heirs stood on unstable ruins of the floating castle. Above them— the eye watched. Endless. Unblinking. Alive. God. No. Fair. Absolutely not.

POV DARLENE The fall from the Celestial Spire was not a descent through air, but a plunge through the dying echoes of a civilization. Around us, the silver city disintegrated into a rain of metallic glass, each shard reflecting the violet star that had become the eye of our new, broken sky. As we plummeted toward the Wastelands of the West, the gravity of the Spire’s null-zone finally snapped, replaced by the crushing, visceral weight of the Goddess of Scorn.

Hi Sky, Honey I know it's been a while, and I know that you won't be able to open this yet but when you do. I need you to know, I know about your mum and the affair, I need you to do me a favour sweetheart. Get your stuff, yours and your brothers, I need you to go to our place. Someone will be waiting for you there, and they will look after you until I can come home. Sky. I need you to run. You're in danger, get your brother and run. Hunter will protect you where I can't. If you're not there, I'll send someone to find you. I will find you, I will come home.

You came to this auction with Franklin just to make me jealous, didn't you? "Cecilia, you don't need to do that. I know how much you care about me and how much you love me. I'm sure—" "Ah! Look out!" Jeff's words were cut off by a sudden danger. A huge chandelier above was shaking, ready to fall right where he and Franklin were standing, in a direct line of disaster. Cecilia, hearing the warning, did not think. Her body moved on its own, charged with urgency, and she dashed toward Franklin.

him. He was staring at the dark sky through the balcony, but immediately he heard the door lick, he turned around, and walked up to me, but what I had on my head was what the fucking was he doing here, even though he was meant to think and say that to me the next morning, before finally kicking me out, cause the deal was over, but I didn't fucking care if he kicks me out, cause he was nothing but a heartless punk, that a sucker like me foolishly fell for Damnit!, I hate you Elias!

at the end of Verra's sentence a massive green pillar of mana shot into the sky. "What? What is that?" An uproar began around them. People began running towards the shelters, thinking the Falling Stardust was under attack. "It's coming from the Hurricane territory," Eloise called out. "Xasha!" Verra shouted in excitement and took off in that direction. While in the air, she saw a shadow passing from the corner of her eye and stopped. She around only to see a beardy and unkempt Xasha staring at her with disbelief in his bloodshot eyes.

He continued to pull me further away from the hospital until we found a small park just close by. There was a blanket spread out over the grass under a huge tree with a bag on it. "Surprise," he said, "I know it's not much but I can't exactly take you anywhere far from the hospital considering your condition," he said sheepishly as we both sat down. "It's still perfect," I answered. "I really missed the Sun," I smiled. "Anything is seriously better than being stuck in that hospital room." Nick chuckled, "I thought you'd say something like that. Hence I made it even perfect by getting you this," he said and removed the whole Fallen boxset from the bag.

she inquired, her curiosity piqued. Count Rufus turned to his daughter, and with a slight nod, Azaroth stepped back, allowing him to address Erica. "It seems, my dear, that the halfling you sired, Alex, has attracted the attention of a celestial being named Lysandra. She claims that he holds a unique connection to cosmic forces, an energy that intertwines light and darkness." Erica's eyes widened with surprise and intrigue. "A celestial being? How is that even possible? I didn't sense anything out of the ordinary when I turned him into a vampire."

Nova was waving a red-and-white flag, jumping up and down in excitement. The results flashed onto the giant screen. At the very top of the leaderboard, one name stood out clearly: Lyra Hawthorne. Cheers and screams erupted everywhere. I stepped out of the car, removed my helmet, and shook out my long hair. "Oh my God, the girl really won! Lyra Hawthorne? Who is she? I've never seen her before!" "That's that insanely talented female driver, right? Haven't you heard about her?" "She's amazing! I'm officially her fan!"

'I think something happened. 'Yes,' Lihua said. 'I noticed.' She crossed the room and crouched in front of the girl. 'Tell me what you feel.' 'Like the ceiling is gone,' Ruoxuan said. 'Like I have been living in a room my whole life and someone just took the roof off and there is just — sky up there. More sky than I knew existed.' She looked at her hands. 'I advanced. Did I advance?' 'You broke through to Foundation Establishment,' Lihua said. 'Fully. Cleanly.'