Vidan was again
reaching out to the stars: sadder and wiser... and cautious, unwilling to
repeat the mistakes of the ancestors. The Commonwealth was born, reaching out
to lost colonies and establishing new ones, rediscovering lost technology and
how to navigate the star-ways. Many of the lost colonies not only survived but
thrived--and they remembered their abandonment and the harsh centuries of the
Downfall...
Scout Captain Ian
Fieran cleans up operations after battling a Gen'gineer team that attacked and
decimated a small colony. The crime of the colonists? Their genetics didn't
suit the exacting standards of the Gen'gineers, who continue the dogma and goal
of the Set'ri from centuries ago in their attempt to create the
"perfect" Human genome. Captured data leads Ian and his team of
Scouts across the galaxy to the Rim colony world of Chorillan, where they hope
to track down a Gen'gineer nest.
At the same time,
Miranda Riallon, a schoolteacher and daughter of very important members of the
Colony Council, worries about one of her students. The boy is an orphan, and
she wants to adopt him. However, Ranny shows all the signs of going into
Phase--the sensory overload that hits some children near adolescence. No one
knows what causes Phase, and there's no known cure. Some fear that the
Azuli--sentient canines native to Chorillan--are stealing the children when
they escape into the wilderness to ease their discomfort. When Ranny vanishes,
Miranda heads into the forests of Chorillan to find him.
She meets Ian and
his Scouts. They help her look for Ranny while she helps them hunt down the
Gen'gineers. As each side educates the other, they come to a partnership, then
friendship. The choices Ian and Miranda make during their hunt will change
Chorillan for generations to come.
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