Lorraine Kwan

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40 full page illustrations to color accompany this story. Fleeing false accusations a young woman abandons her home in the merchandizing empire of TerrCo and disappears into Hinterland territory. Faking her death along the way, Dory reinvents herself as Lucinda Kartography. The new, less passive Lucy, carves out a rewarding life of her own on a backcountry farm. But safety is fleeting. With her best forever-friend Betta, and her spirit animal, Omen the crow, she flies into the far north. There they join a ragtag collection of refugees readying for evacuation and sanctuary in Euro. In a serendipitous twist of fate, Lucy and Betta discover a small treasure trove of diamonds scarce moments before embarking on their journey under the ice. Share in their ill-fated detour to the cursed arctic island of Celan. Cheer along with their crewmates when a fortuitous turn of events leaves the fugitives free of their corrupt TerrCot pursuers. Join Omen as he watches Lucy hide diamonds for her undersea companions-gifts to help them on their way to new beginnings. Lucinda and her friends disperse, and the diamonds with them. Follow the five stones as they wing their way through Euro, the Hinterland, TerrCo, and the vast tropical wasteland to the south, the Dead Zone.