In a long glide that carried it over many miles, the great ship descended.

Once again the ship descended into the smooth lower atmosphere, the clear layer that seemed so welcoming, yet held the primary threat.

Ragged, precipitous peaks rose up on either hand as the ship descended.

Two of them vanished behind mountains as the ship descended.

As the ship descended, he saw lights in a control-system cell, midway to the ground.

The ship descended into a hurricane of wind from its own motion.

At the same time, other ships departed from the Heighliner hold and descended toward the capital city.

The two ships descended to the abandoned spaceport and finally touched down.

As the ship descended, they saw the city emerge.

Lemborg then saw that the ship was descending much too fast.