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The war is meant to be over. The [[Draconian Empire]] has won the day, and the [[Mim]] have lost pretty much everything. | The war is meant to be over. The [[Draconian Empire]] has won the day, and the [[Mim]] have lost pretty much everything. | ||
That includes the [[borogove]]s of Proxima Longissima, the Mim's beloved children. The [[Draconian]]s claim the borogoves are foundlings, abused and neglected by their parents. In the Empire they will be protected and provided for. | That includes the [[borogove]]s of [[Proxima Longissima]], the Mim's beloved children. The [[Draconian]]s claim the borogoves are foundlings, abused and neglected by their parents. In the Empire they will be protected and provided for. | ||
Fearing that his species faces extinction, one of the last surviving Mim begs [[Bernice Summerfield]] to come and see for herself. Benny just wants to do right by her own son, Peter, and the brother or sister who may follow him. But soon the borogoves are, rather unexpectedly, her godchildren, and Benny becomes their best hope for a future peace. | Fearing that his [[species]] faces [[extinction]], one of the last surviving Mim begs [[Bernice Summerfield]] to come and see for herself. Benny just wants to do right by her own son, [[Peter Summerfield|Peter]], and the brother or sister who may follow him. But soon the borogoves are, rather unexpectedly, her godchildren, and Benny becomes their best hope for a future peace. | ||
As if dead | As if dead [[ocean]]s and burning [[desert]]s weren't hostile enough, Benny must enter the labyrinthine corridors of [[diplomacy]] - where right and wrong are questions of perspective, and even her own loved ones are not wholly innocent... | ||
== Stories == | == Stories == | ||
