A. Ashley Straker, Infected Connection Quotes
...while the stony bones of the world tore past and the air grew dark and howling. The last thing he saw as the gulley became a torrent of dust and rock was the Jeep, plucked backwards into space.
His desire for this to be a joke was quickly replaced by a desire for whiskey.
Max?' he asked.'Yeah?''...What are you doing?''Shooting people.
Odessa sighed. 'When I said you were one of the smartest people in the company, I was referring solely to your technical abilities. Now get to work.
But the things in the batteries couldn't be spiders. It just wasn't possible. There had to be another explanation. But of what kind?
Simon shook his head. 'I don't want to be a hero. I'd rather abandon the technology altogether, sit on a hill and speak to my neighbours by smoke-signal.
...a fissure appeared. Splinters of plastic broke away around it, and the fissure widened, radiating further fractures.When the first leg broke out, Simon tried to shriek.
Who gave you a gun?''The army.''Why?''That's what the army does, Simon.
The military operation swiftly became one of disaster management and damage control, search and rescue.
He realised he was in a chair. The world was white and blurry in half his vision, and it took him a few moments to realise a sheet of paper was stuck to his face.
He felt like a baked bean in a can, soaring through the air on a downward turn of a parabolic arc...
Did you consider anything like the Infected?' Simon had asked.'Not quite. But some of our other contingency plans might help us out with this particular mission.
Oh, man, she's gonna love you, ' Max said. 'Physically. A lot.