Book description
Floating in the caverns beneath the surface of an asteroid has been the
only existence Jahnel has ever known. She is accustomed to the
effortless freefall lifestyle of living with the alien race, Avelle, and
the necessity of hiding behind her cloak when they approach. When
intruders threaten the Avelle, Jahnel prepares to defend the only
companions she has ever known. But when the invaders arrive she is
stunned to discover her enemies are human.
Torn between defending the Avelle or honoring her the race of her
birth, Jahnel must choose where her loyalties lie. She can prove herself
as a warrior for the aliens, return to the place of her birth with her
rescuers, or turn away from both and begin a new life for herself away
from everything she understands, both human and alien.
As the battle between races begins on the asteroid, the conflict inside
Jahnel grows out of control. Paula Downing King lives in Pinetop,
Arizona, where she works as a managing attorney of five Legal Aid
offices and is also the Public Defender for the White Mountain Apache
Tribe. She sold her first two novels, Mad Roy's Light and Rinn's Star,
in 1989 to Baen Books and Del Rey. She has since sold many other novels
and released a fantasy trilogy starting in 2001. In her spare time
enjoys reading, cross-stitch and playing guitar. She has published
titles as Paula E. Downing (Flare Star, Maia's Veil, Siduri's Net),
Paula King, P. K. McAllister (Orion's Dagger) and Paula Downing King .
