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When they arrived on the Floating Islands, they learned of a major battle the rebel army had won and brought them new influx. So Hollor would need weapons – and maybe even more horses. Nanja and Sitaki decided to call on Karosin, their informant in Belascha. They had the “Agena” overhauled and two weeks later sailed back to Dragon Island.
Nanja’s mother had led the guild of female astronomers in Belascha and had taught Nanja the constellations to train her as her successor. Nothing had predicted the wise astronomer that one day the stars would show her daughter the ways across the oceans. Nanja hadn’t even been seven when her mother died – too young to assume the office that was her legacy. So Salina, mother’s most ambitious student, had been elected guild leader. Soon after, Nanja ha
