Voyager Course: Oblivion Novels & Stories

The Navigator warned us that the echo was located in a region of the void that had never been mapped, a place where the fabric of existence grew thin and worn. "We may not return," the Navigator said. "The echo is powerful. It may consume us." "Then we will be consumed together." Kael's hand found mine. "Together." We traveled through the void for three weeks. The paths grew darker, more treacherous. The worlds we passed were faint, insubstantial, as if they existed only in memory. The Navigator led us with unwavering certainty, but even she seemed unsettled. "The echo is close," she said one evening. "I can feel it in my bones."