Alien- Dead Lion-Worm

  I know we’re going the right way when we pass the carcass of the lion-worm. It’s massive, maybe the same massive one that tried to attack Kora on our first date together, and something has ripped it open from just below the jawline all the way to the base of its tail. Organs and viscera spill onto the ground, cooling slowly in the open air. I stop the ATV, studying it.

  The lion-worms are the apex predators for this part of the ecosystem. For something to kill one of them at all is a horrifying statement of strength and power. For something to kill one this large is …

  Well, it’s terrifying.

Echo, Chapter 15