Chapter 37

Blake smiled as he watched his new vein of luthracite being carted to the surface. Everything was going smoothly, and he could almost forget he had been in Sharpin for two months. As he signalled Humbot to take him to the surface, he heard a brief sound. A groaning of the support pillars, the weight of the Earth settling above his head. Aware that this was normal yet still disquieted, Blake headed to the exit of the mine.