Résumé de l'éditeur
Payez le prix...
Dans la suite de A Matter of Honor, SG-1 se lance dans une mission désespérée pour sauver SG-10 du bord d'un trou noir. Mais le prix de l'héroïsme pourrait être trop élevé...
De retour au SGC, le colonel Jack O'Neill et son équipe découvrent que bien des choses ont changé en leur absence, bien plus qu'ils ne l'avaient imaginé. Pourtant, O'Neill est déterminé à affronter les conséquences de leurs activités non autorisées, sans se douter que la sanction sera bien pire que tout ce qu'il aurait pu imaginer.
Avec le sort du colonel O'Neill et du major Samantha Carter incertain, et la survie même du SGC menacée, le docteur Daniel Jackson et Teal'c lancent une mission de sauvetage pour libérer leurs coéquipiers et reprendre le contrôle du SGC.
Et en retournant sur Kinahhi, ils découvrent un secret terrifiant...
Paying the price...
In the sequel to A Matter of Honor, SG-1 embarked on a desperate mission to save SG-10 from the edge of a black hole. But the price of heroism may be too high...
Returning to Stargate Command, Colonel Jack O'Neill and his team find more has changed in their absence than they had expected. Nonetheless, O'Neill is determined to face the consequences of their unauthorized activities, only to discover the penalty is far worse than anything he had imagined.
With the fate of Colonel O'Neill and Major Samantha Carter unknown, and the very survival of the SGC threatened, Dr. Daniel Jackson and Teal'c mount a rescue mission to free their teammates and reclaim the SGC.
And returning to Kinahhi, they uncover a horrifying secret...
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Extrait du chapitre 4
"Damn it!" Watts yelled from the DHD. "This is pointless, sir! It won't stay open!"
Standing up slowly, Major Henry Boyd glanced up at the twisting nightmare in the sky. It looked like some hideous creature come to tear them to pieces. "Keep trying," he told the Captain.
"Sir?" Lieutenant Jessica McLeod ripped her gaze from the sky, voice shaking. "I've been thinking about why the gate won't activate.
The gravitational force of the-" She stammered over the word. "Of the black hole would create a massive time distortion effect."
He stalked toward her, frowning. "A what?"
"Time here will be moving much slower than back on Earth, sir. Much slower. The gate was probably open for half an hour at the SGC, but here...just a second."
Boyd felt his heart clench tight. "What are you saying, Lieutenant?"
She looked bleak. "I don't think we're getting out of this one, sir."
Lucy. His daughter was the first thought in his head. Sweet, innocent, adoring Lucy. Her little arms around his neck, her delighted smile when he came home. Daddy! He swallowed hard. "I won't accept that, Lieutenant." Lucy, barely old enough to understand. Heather, having to explain why he was never coming home again. "They'll find a way to come get us. They won't leave us here."
Chronologie
L'histoire de ce roman prend place au sein de la saison 7 de Stargate SG-1.
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