Chapter 2 “That’snot true. I never disliked Ed. Well, not much,” Astrid said as weflew over a Jardoval forest. We both had jetpacks on as we surveyedthe landscape. “He can be a very charming guy. I didn’t approveof his lifestyle. Didn’t like his ego either. It’s as big as theorb of Jupiter.”
Ismiled. “Humility is not one of his strong points.”
Weturned north into the wind as the forest dwindled into hilly,yellowplains. She wore the blue vid-binoculars, but her golden hair blewinthe breezes. On a scale of one to ten, the scenic condition ofJardoval would rate only a five. Most of the region we had surveyedwas flat land. A few thousand miles away there was a mountainrange,the lone one in the northern hemisphere. The southern hemispherewashillier. To the north another forest appeared, a che
