Neptune X Uranus Solarballs Novels & Stories

“We’ll go from twelve to fourteen, of course. That was a slip of the tongue.” Darrell returned to the more important subject. “These panels not only look sleek and unlike anything you’ve seen before but they’re also designed to trap and store the Sun’s energy for longer periods, even pulling from the UV rays through heavy cloud cover.” Nate’s voice rose and the men turned in their chairs to look at him.

Joseph felt the wind knocked out of him as he heard the whistle followed by the loudest sound he's ever heard in all his 16 years under the Tau Ceti sun. A whiz and BOOM. Whiz and BOOM. Explosion after explosion came pummeling down onto them. An unending barrage of terrifying heat and sound and fireball crashed all around them. Joseph covered his face as clods of disturbed earth pelted and rained down on him. His screams were drowned out by the loud thunders. It went on forever. Until it didn't. Then it stopped. He heard nothing afterwards except the constant ringing in his ear.