Blue Star Enterprises - Chapter 214 - 4-30

... on the screen. There was a bang, but nothing came out of the barrel.

Alexander frowned. "That's less than ideal."

They powered down the weapon and headed back outside to investigate what went wrong. It didn't take long to realize that the gun had failed catastrophically. The breach had been blown clear off the back of the weapon, and the barrel, despite being made from hardened ceramic, had shattered.

"What do you suppose happened?" Lucas asked as he bent over and picked ...