25 A two-lane highway cut through a forest of tall trees with bright green leaves on their branches, rising slowly up a gentle slope. In the distance, she saw snow-capped mountains beneath the cloudless blue sky. The view through the windshield of her small auto was quite breathtaking. Though most of the settlements on Alios were situated in the planet's tropical region, there were temperate zones full of majestic forests just waiting to be explored. Anna bit her lip, looking up to stare through the window. “Almost there now,” she murmured, squinting into the distance. “Just my luck that I have to work on a lovely day like this.” Lifting the small e-book reader that she had brought with her, she pressed a button on the side and brought up the latest page of the Moons of Myria. The nove

