All of these illustrations are by J. Z. Colby or Mireille Xioulan Powers, and are copyright © 2011 by J. Z. Colby, which means copies may be made for personal non-commercial purposes only.

Chapter 1

"Yes," Ilika confirmed, "but it feels very different when you're outside the ship."

Chapter 2

The new units required them to visualize the wavelengths of certain forms of electromagnetic energy, vaguely remembered from their elementary physics lessons with Ilika months before.

His letters appeared on the large display above the steward's station.

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

"Yeah, I think so," Kibi said, drawing in the sand.

Kibi erased most of the digits. "Here's one two three."

They both scooted around to the other side of the sand inscription.

Chapter 7

The six visitors soon found themselves among other hooded figures in the dawn light, some just arriving, others carrying water or food toward animal troughs or tents.

Rocks marked a circular area of sand. Some important clans, and merchants of many kinds, had their tents nearby.

Chapter 14

As Mati hovered the ship nearby, the island most closely resembled an agitated bee hive.

Chapter 15

"Why is it smoking?" Sata wondered aloud. "Does someone have a fire down there?"

Chapter 16

... suddenly their visual displays revealed a bizarre scene of strange colorless plants, worm-like creatures, and inky jets squirting upward from the deep ocean floor.

Chapter 17

He stood up, blood flowing down his leg. "She bit me."

Chapter 18

"Yuck!" Kibi blurted out from the command chair. "We aren't doing any shopping here!"

Chapter 19

"So we're at one of these two places. Hmm. If we were at this point, we'd have a river right under us."

Chapter 20

But, Rini happily pointed out, the peak itself pierced the mist and was awash in brilliant sunshine.

Chapter 22

"We're not going to fly around in the cave by two-year-old topographic charts ...

Chapter 24

They looked out to see huge insects buzzing about in the air, larger than any they had ever seen.

Chapter 28

It covered all the islands in that part of the eastern ocean, and little arrows revealed the surrounding ocean currents.

Sata slowly changed the options for time of day, season of the year, and latitude from deep in the southern hemisphere, north to Atorura Island.

"There's our four stupid turtles," Kibi commented, chin in her hands.

Suddenly Boro was on his feet, dancing a clumsy victory jig.

Chapter 29

Few walls stood, and no roofs.

A few minutes later, the Manessa Kwi hovered over a small oasis.

A three-hundred-meter wall of solid ice loomed above as Mati nudged the ship toward the coastline.

Chapter 32

The sound of bubbling and trickling water came through the trees, and she glimpsed the mineral formations of hot springs a short walk to the west.

Chapter 36

... so he put their next task on the large display screen above Kibi's station.