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biological-warfare
The chapter highlights the use of biological weapons, as the spiders release a chemical that compromises the ship's life-support systems.
1 chapter across 1 book
Children of Time (2015)Adrian Tchaikovsky
Chapter 57
In this chapter, the crew of the Gilgamesh faces a dire situation as they are attacked by a swarm of arachnid-like creatures that have infiltrated their ship. As the life-support systems fail and panic spreads, Lain and Holsten struggle to coordinate a defense while dealing with the consequences of a biological weapon unleashed by the spiders, leading to a sense of impending doom for humanity's last hope.