Chapter 22Landal confirmed Kaire’s fears, his voice betraying deep sadness. The clone children had been the first to be euthanised, followed by all clones occupying non-essential positions. Among those remaining were engineers needed to service and if necessary repair the ships recalled from primary voyages. About half the Sky fleet had returned to base during the months it had taken Kaire to travel from Earth. The rest were expected to arrive within weeks.
‘I’ll be sorry to see you go,’ said Landal once Kaire had read the file containing his instructions. ‘I would have liked to discuss your experience of life on Earth.’
Kaire smiled. ‘I still have a few hours.’
‘But I have work to do. All the files containing cloning data are to be deleted and it isn’t a simple task. There’s no special
