Davina Lee

Lina and Arabel are just a couple of gals on the lower rungs of society's ladder. Born into a culture with rigid caste system, all they want to do is find the next good party. Never in their wildest dreams would they suspect the survival of their island colony might rest on their shoulders. But things come to a head when the ever seething rebellion pushes the two women into the spotlight and into danger's path.<br><br>With their own colony no longer safe, these best friends find themselves on the run, fleeing with only the clothes on their backs. Their journey into the unknown leads them to discover strange new lands, never before visited, some with even stranger inhabitants than their own. Will these newfound acquaintances prove to be friend or foe, or simply another temptation from the path?<br><br>Follow Lina and Arabel on a hero's adventure of epic proportions at the far distant edge of humanity's future. Sailing over the clouds, risking everything to do what is right for their people and their colony.

Dance Until the World Ends

It wasn’t until the pink of her eyelids was dappled with shadow that Lina opened her eyes again to see the leaves of the forest canopy closing in. Light came down in shafts now, here and there along their journey. The diploids carrying her began humming in unison, a sound that mixed with the scenting of love to create a calm in Lina that she had never experienced before. Lina closed her eyes again.


Lina opened her eyes to see the wide-eyed grin of her friend I, staring down at her. How long I had been there, Lina had no idea.


“Lina awake! Arabel want to know. I go get Arabel to see.”


Lina blinked, and I was gone. In I’s place was a young haploid with tattooed designs very much like those of the medicine woman. An apprentice, Lina soon realized, but how she knew that fact was still a mystery to her. Yet she knew it to be fact, and not mere speculation.


“Please, call me Lina.” Lina’s voice was deep and hoarse.


Chapter 32