Böcker av Anita Moran

Kerish was saved by a boy she never knew and placed in the loving home of the two most powerful people on Lakar. She is so different from any human born before her for she can receive the thoughts of others. Her Breeder mother, Desel, calms her burning mind until she can teach this special child how to control her gift before any other Surkires discover her abilities. She is also different than the female humans; she loves the young of all species, being Desel's adopted daughter gives her access to.For her protection and training, Kerish is sent to the moon Apaar to learn from Desel's sister, but it is a newer species who teaches Kerish the control she needs. Soon it will be time for the choice council, and she needs that control. On her return from Apaar, Kerish forgets about the volatile weather and endangers herself, but she thinks more about facing the choice council.Not only is Kerish chosen to stay on Lakar but she is chosen to be among those who would be returned to earth. Not even the advice of the human warrior her mother sent to her can ease the fears as she finally agrees to join those who are to go. Because of the freedom she received, Kerish teaches the other human women how to take care for their children and how to remain healthy. When those from Trile arrive, she teaches all how to swim, for it might mean the difference between life and death. The danger they are facing comes to the forefront when one of their number dies in training.

Mar is a remnant of one of the species taken from a planet at the brink of nuclear war that would have destroyed the planet along with thousands of other species. Humans were thought to be among the least of the species rescued; it was only the interest of the most powerful being in his world that the human remained at the attention of all who bred and raised them. Despite his upbringing, the loss of his twin sister, Mar is manipulated to choose to stay in the most dangerous environment known to all the species. The jungle planet is known for killing those who failed to learn from those who know the danger of the planet. Mar is set on a course to not only conquer the planet but prove that humans are as important as any species rescued from all the planets being tested. If he can survive the tests.