Viekko returns from the first armed conflict against the forest people led by the Corporation marine and confronts Isra about the weapons they were...
Viekko, Isra, and Althea escape from the shuttle and dash back to the City's refineries in a desperate attempt to keep Halifaco from destroying...
A party commences at the *sala*. Althea watches the rest of the team becoming strangely entranced by Cytherean society. In the process Althea stumbles...