Echomancer (excerpt)

by Serena W. Sorrell   The night sky cracked, its reflection shattered. Chaya plunged into ink and silt. Needles of cold pierced her and the churning waters created a deluge of bubbles. They raced skyward, frantic. Chaya forced herself to swim deeper, away from the bubbles waltzing through starlight--away from air. The deafening beat in…