...repared by the author for a limited, free-distribution offer to the reading public. Author reserves the right to withdraw the offer at any time. Co... ...ng. Editor Ellie Daulton provided further guidance and fine-tuning prior to publication of the first edition. Mary C. Russell's contributions inclu... ...dn't know who BrokenThread's parents were. Yatanii were rarely mentioned in public. Their families, like her own, stayed isolated. She hadn't heard... ...ioned to FeatherFly, who sped the barrow as fast as he could to the waiting transport. Midsummer harvest. The First Thanksgiving Day of the year. T... ... transport. Midsummer harvest. The First Thanksgiving Day of the year. The transport bloated with produce the height and breadth of her family's ho... ...such tonnage with the muscles of a single Masari. TripStone had pulled the transport before, listening to the syncopated clacks behind her as wheel... ...otten. Weavers rushed about with bolts of cloth, coloring the air. A second transport wheeled into position and began to fill. Crossroads hastened t... ...responded with worry when TripStone voiced her intention to take one of the transports. "Do you think it's wise to return there so soon after your A...