Child of the Mist Author:Kae Cheatham Juilan Pranss is just a lowly government employee on a space-faring planet. Or is she? After she's spirited from a besieged spaceliner and taken to a distant planet, Juilan suddenly isn't sure. Her handsome rescuer, Joddrie Ferstan has grandiose plans, but his ambition seems dangerous. — When Juilan flees him, she comes under the tutelage of Tren... more »ner Curembac, a moody, driven outcast. With doubt and danger at every turn, Juilan learns incredible truths about her background and the world into which she has been forced.
Once she accepts the astounding realities, she must still evade her psychotic half-brother and handle the century-old Evincor--an indomitable gemstone--in a ceremony to make her the culture s leader. But the ceremony could cause her death.« less