
The Bramble Bush
by Randall Garrett
A hazy lunar night‑light flickers as Peter de Hooch awakens from a vivid dream of a moon‑shattering explosion. The quiet of his quarters is ripped apart by an urgent call: the Ditmars‑Horst reactor in Sector Two has blown, sealing off corridors and threatening the entire outpost. Instinctively, Peter dons his vacuum suit, aware that even a minor breach on Luna can become a fatal vacuum.
He races through the dimly lit passageways, the hum of life‑support systems echoing against the metal walls. The reactor’s experimental design promises unprecedented power, but its lack of a failsafe makes every moment a delicate balance between control and chaos. As Peter pushes toward the damaged sector, he must rely on his wits and the fragile safety margins of the new technology, racing against time to prevent a disaster that could reshape life on the Moon.
Language
en
Duration
~42 minutes (40K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2007-12-07
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects

1927–1987
A prolific mid-century science fiction and fantasy writer, he became especially well known for the Lord Darcy stories, where detective fiction meets an alternate world shaped by magic. He also wrote heavily for the pulp magazines of the 1950s and 1960s and collaborated with other major SF writers.
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