Harl whirled round, all his attention ... on Skulker. What is that on your carapace?What? Skulker tried to peer back... A tinny voice issued from somewhere... It took Skulker a moment to recognize it as that of the human male he earlier encountered. It's CTD gecko mine - yield of about five kilotones. Skulker's shriek terminated in a blast that peeled back four square kilometers of jungle canopy and sunk a crater down to the bedrock.
~ Neal Asher
