Chapter 1
“So, we just steal it?” Delphine said, shielding her eyes from the sun.
“Take a look around,” the captain said, arms wide. “We’re in the middle of nowhere, by definition.”
She looked around. Nothing but ocean.
“3000 miles off the Eastern coast of New Zealand, 2000 miles north of Antarctica, and 2.5 miles below us is the middle of nowhere, or what people call the Spacecraft Cemetery.”
“I thought it was called the Oceanic Pole of Inaccessibility.”
He moved his hand in a moving-on motion. “Yes, the point on Earth farthest from any land mass. When people have been sinking spaceships for fifty years, it also becomes a Spacecraft Cemetery.”
A rather large wave crashed on the boat and they had to steady themselves on the railing. Delphine liked the spray of water, it felt cool un
