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Hunting air lions on Uranus is brutal, technical work, done while dangling in a liquid atmosphere where a single failure means death. For Nils Borgmann, every plunge is measured not in danger, but in tuition—each successful kill pushing another child closer to a future he may never see. He is tired, aging, and warned to stop, yet the arithmetic of family and money refuses to balance itself early.
When medical orders pull him off the line just short of his goal, Nils pushes back. One more plunge. One more chance. What follows is not a chase, but a narrowing corridor of time where equipment fails, margins vanish, and the cost of finishing what he started becomes frighteningly personal. The story never rushes, letting tension build with each minute he remains suspended, waiting to learn whether determination can outlast physics.
S. J. Sackett’s The Last Plunge is a piece of space fiction that replaces heroics with procedure, danger with patience, and drama with quiet endurance. It’s a story where bravery isn’t loud and victory isn’t clean—only earned, if it comes at all.
S. J. Sackett published science fiction during the magazine era when short, high-concept stories were built around a single working problem and the human cost of solving it. The Last Plunge reflects that approach, grounding its speculative setting in labor, routine, and the kind of risks taken by people who can’t afford to stop.
© 2022 Scott Miller (Lydbog): 9781669649731
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Lydbog: 6. juli 2022
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