NEBADOR - the incredible journey of five young adults from poverty and oppression to respected citizenship in the wide universe ... Ilika and his crew discover there are much harder jobs in the universe than flying a deep-space response ship, such as living to witness the end of your civilization. Even just as rescuers during a simulation, they find themselves deeply attached to creatures who no longer have a place to call home. - With many new insights, the crew, together with Ashley's Education Service team-in-training, is sent to listen to a story of planetary transition told by the last...

NEBADOR - the incredible journey of five young adults from poverty and oppression to respected citizenship in the wide universe ... A child is born with a lifetime of memories and knowledge. She knows she has an important purpose, and that her world will perish without her help, but has no idea how to get them to listen. She decides to trust the only part of her society that has shown some ability to deal with reality, but fears they will abandon her before the task is complete. - The crew of the Manessa Kwi, along with Ashley's team of education specialists, gets the easy part: presiding...

NEBADOR - the incredible journey of five young adults from poverty and oppression to respected citizenship in the wide universe ... Escape from Sonmatia Two, a new novella by J. Z. Colby, allows us to walk in the shoes of a brother and sister whose courage holds the key to saving their dying civilization. But their long and dangerous journey prepares them for something even more important. - Still Voices, a short story by Mary Anne Brenner, gives us a glimpse of some gentle and noble creatures who transcend time as we know it. Their destiny turns out to be more noble than anything we can hope...