
The Last Human Ch. 55: End of Book 1
“Prepare arms!
Collected Articles and Stories of Isaac Young.
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“Prepare arms!

I shall spare you the full recount of my tears.

Bakke assassins dragged me to the throne of the Shayk, the life having entirely left my limp body.

It was as if the passing of a dream, how forever in the moment and how quickly gone in the blink of an eye.

The thing I remember about the first invasion of Sanctuary was that not a single shot had been fired.

Instead of waking upon my newfound bed in Sanctuary, I sleepily opened my eyes resting in a Rhodeshi sleeping hammock.

It was very late in the morning when I finally dragged myself to bed.

Cartaphilus led us away from the landing ramp down a narrow passage lit by a soft green light.

I held my mother’s arm, supporting her down the landing ramp.

Sanctuary was originally built long before the Fifth Aberrant War.