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Jani Kilian's life at Thalassa, the hybrid enclave, is proving more challenging than she expected. Tsecha, her idomeni mentor and friend, is displeased with her progress in her priestly studies. Moreover, his religious treatises are angering his dominants, and the fallout could affect not only idomeni, but humans and hybrids as well. And then there are the dreams. Of the sands of an alien world, and an event that upended her life twenty years before. But all that must take a backseat when news arrives from Earth that threatens Thalassa's continued existence. Tensions mount as human and idomeni political conflicts collide, culminating in a heartbreaking event that jeopardizes the stability of two civilizations. To help quell the storm, Jani must return to the idomeni homeworld of Shèrá. There she must not only confront her past but meet a present danger that could claim her life. The first time she died, bleeding edge medicine brought her back. This time, she may not be so lucky.

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Kristine Smith is the author of the Jani Kilian series and other science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories under her own name. As Alex Gordon, she has written the supernatural thrillers Gideon and Jericho. Her fiction has been nominated for the Locus Award for First Novel, Philip K. Dick Memorial Award and the IAFA William L. Crawford Fantasy Award, and she was the 2001 winner of the Astounding Award (formerly known as the John W. Campbell Award) for Best New Writer. Prior to becoming a full-time writer, she spent 26 years working in pharmaceutical product R&D. She was born in the Northeast, grew up in the South, and currently lives in the Midwest.

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