The Last Station Standing
"It’s going to hit the coast. It’s going to hit everything."
The ocean in front of them began to rise—not as a wave, but as a wall of black glass, miles wide and growing higher by the second.
"We’re in the Drawback (the receding of water that precedes a tsunami)," Kazimir said, his soldier’s instincts snapping back into place. He grabbed Elara’s hand, his grip like a vice. "If we stay on this drone, we’ll be crushed when the wave breaks."
"There!" Jun pointed.
Floating a few hundred yards away was an AetherCorp Recovery Platform—a massive, semi-submersible oil-rig-style structure used to service Thorne’s underwater bases. It was heavy, anchored deep, and high enough to possibly survive the f