{"product_id":"2940015763089","title":"The Terror from the Depths","description":"\"Good afternoon, sir,\" nodded Correy as I entered the navigating room.\u003cbr\u003eHe glanced down at the two glowing three-dimensional navigating charts,\u003cbr\u003eand drummed restlessly on the heavy frames.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Afternoon, Mr. Correy. Anything of interest to report?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Not a thing, sir!\" growled my fire-eating first officer. \"I'm about\u003cbr\u003eready to quit the Service and get a job on one of the passenger liners,\u003cbr\u003ejust on the off chance that something exciting might eventually happen.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You were born a few centuries too late,\" I chuckled. Correy loved a\u003cbr\u003efight more than any man I ever knew. \"The Universe has become pretty\u003cbr\u003ewell quieted down.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, it isn't that; it's just this infernal routine. Just one routine\u003cbr\u003epatrol after another; they should call it the Routine Patrol Service.\u003cbr\u003eThat's what the silver-sleeves at the Base are making of it, sir.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the moment, Correy meant every word he said. Even old-timers develop\u003cbr\u003ecases of nerves, now and then, on long tours of duty in small ships like\u003cbr\u003ethe _Ertak_. Particularly men like Correy, whose bodies crave physical\u003cbr\u003eaction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere wasn't much opportunity for physical activity on the _Ertak_; she\u003cbr\u003ewas primarily a fighting ship, small and fast, with every inch of space\u003cbr\u003edevoted to some utilitarian use. I knew just how Correy felt, because\u003cbr\u003eI'd felt the same way a great many times. I was young, then, one of the\u003cbr\u003eyoungest commanders the Special Patrol Service had ever had, and I\u003cbr\u003erecognized Correy's symptoms in a twinkling.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"We'll be re-outfitting at the Arpan sub-base in a couple of days,\" I\u003cbr\u003esaid carelessly. \"Give us a chance to stretch our legs. Have you seen\u003cbr\u003eanything of the liner that spoke to us yesterday?\" I was just making\u003cbr\u003econversation, to get his mind out of its unhealthy channel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The _Kabit_? Yes, sir; we passed her early this morning, lumbering\u003cbr\u003ealong like the big fat pig that she is.\" A pig, I should explain, is a\u003cbr\u003efood animal of Earth; a fat and ill-looking creature of low\u003cbr\u003eintelligence. \"The old _Ertak_ went by her as though she were standing\u003cbr\u003estill. She'll be a week and more arriving at Arpan. Look: you can just\u003cbr\u003ebarely make her out on the charts.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47074288599280,"sku":"2940015763089","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015763089","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}