I did not go alone. The landscape we found ourselves in was bleak. It seemed like a recreation of the… Read more 5.01 The Land of Ice

“He’s around here somewhere,” a sarcastic and gruff voice growled. Hosib. Yonatin hated Hosib. The only thing worse than hearing… Read more 5.02 Terminal

I walked out and around Akaelie’s field of vision to stand before hir, scanning the horizon myself. It was a… Read more 5.03 Bad Guests

The night before the implant surgery, Yonatin lay in bed completely numb. They felt like their body had evaporated and… Read more 5.04 The Secret Password is Death

“I’m here because we need to talk about the Tutors,” Akailea said. It was the same thing sie’d said to… Read more 5.05 Not Guests

I’ve debated about including Yonatin’s death in this story. It is not critical to understanding the sweeping arc of history… Read more 5.06 The Nature of Resistance

Suwiil stood on the observation deck of their airship, gangly hands laid almost carelessly, loosely upon the polished wooden railing.… Read more 5.07 Things Taken For Granted

They sat on a low rocky prominence that jutted out a couple dozen meters into the bay, a small twisty… Read more 5.08 Chosen Names

Akailea stood up from talking to the cuttlecrabs and said, “OK, I’m ready to visit that city, now.” Sie walked… Read more 5.09 Ancient Divides

Violence on the Network was a terrible and harrowing thing. Possibly much worse than in the natural world, because there… Read more 5.10 Losses

“That sounds reasonable,” I told Veqehene. We still had about a minute before role call on the Bridge, and we… Read more 5.11 To Face Your Reflection and Walk Backward into a Door

To protect itself and continue existing against all odds, the Resistance aboard the Terra Supreme compartmentalized its actions to the… Read more 5.12 The Coup that Predicted the Future

“My sister has informed me that the Crew members who have been making it a point to be seen publicly… Read more 5.13 Adjusting Tolerances

Translator’s note: Eh is the modern Inmararräo way of spelling `e. Both are pronouns. Even so, in Inmararräo, pronouns are… Read more 5.14 `etekeyerrinwuf, the Black Speck in `e’s Right Eye

It never escaped me the irony of Biwin accusing me of owning an experiment that had ultimately been kihns own… Read more 5.15 Recovery

Here are some things that I tried to get across in this novel that I think maybe need to be… Read more Afterword for Crew, by Eh Fenumera