Chapter 20: The Sapiods Have Evolved Team foodies, with the assistance of Octavius Spiro, had made considerable progress towards the first point on their map. ‘I’m hungry. When do we eat?’ asked Hamlet

Chapter 19: Breakfast at Lily’s On the morning after the vote on changing the laws, Lily invited Colin over for breakfast in her penthouse suite. ‘Good morning, Colin,’ said Lily to Colin as he entered

Part 2: The Resistance Chapter 18: An Unholy Alliance A few weeks earlier. The frozen Linap had gathered in a room in the laboratory. They had been told the procedure to restore their memories was now

Chapter 17: Friends Not Food Later that evening, Colin was having dinner with Julie in his apartment. Julie had prepared a noodle and mushroom dish. ‘This sauce is good,’ said Colin as he picked up a mushroom

Chapter 16: Fooling Me Fooling You After the coronation, Julie went to Colin’s apartment to express her anger about Emperor Tiberius. ‘No cakes tonight,’ chuckled Colin as he opened his door to let Julie

Chapter 15: Bringing the Food Many teams of fruit pickers had been sent out to supply food to the Downs residents and the technicians who were working at the settlement construction sites. Alex led one

Chapter 14: The Coronation It was the day of the coronation. A huge parade had been planned for the entire length of the main road, and then it would curl around the House of Divine Knowledge. The coronation

Chapter 13: Behind the Scenes Two days later, Lily arrived at the Enforcer Headquarters to speak with Eugene. Eugene was sitting confidently behind his desk when Lily entered his office. ‘Good morning,

Chapter 12: The Bounce Back The next morning, Tiberius was standing on his balcony drinking hot chocolate. He was watching the technicians perform their morning dance routine. Julie stepped out on the

Chapter 11: He’s on Fire! The next day, in the underground Linap’s camp area just outside of the Downs Region, Tiberius met with Commander Cecil and a dozen of his most loyal enforcers. ‘The lie detector

Chapter 10: Time to Sleuth It was early the next morning. Eugene was lying in his bed asleep. Suddenly, his eyes sprang open. ‘Big sleuthing day ahead,’ he said to himself. Eugene leapt out of bed and

Chapter 9: It’s Not What It Seems Under the instruction of Duffo, the underground Linap enforcers went to the medical centre to arrest Daily. There was nothing that Eugene could do to stop them. Daily

Chapter 8: The Funeral It was the day of Jenna’s funeral. The funeral service was to be held in the town square. This was the largest outdoor venue in the Downs Region. The road was lined with her favourite

Chapter 7: Waking Up to a New World In a secure room at the Downs Region laboratory. The frozen Linap were recovering from their surgery. They had been given seaweed treatment, and the Jennifer chip had

Chapter 6: My Hell Demadrian slowly opened his eyes. He was lying in his bed in his apartment at the Alset North facility. ‘It was all a dream,’ said Demadrian to himself. ‘A terrible nightmare.’ Demadrian

Chapter 5: Back to Downs Meanwhile, in the Downs Region. Commander Cecil had just arrived back with Daily, who was badly injured, and the body of Emily. Miro and a small group of underground Linap enforcers

Chapter 4: Lessons from the Loops Around an hour later, Orcilla and Yassmay joined Angelo for breakfast. To their delight, there was a huge stack of pancakes next to a plate of mixed fruit on the table.

Chapter 3: Learning New Ways to Fly Early the next morning, Angelo’s guards escorted Orcilla and Yassmay to the top of a hill not far from their city. Waiting for them were Julio and a senior guard who

Chapter 2: Underground Guests At five minutes before five, the guards opened the door to Orcilla and Yassmay’s bedroom. Both Orcilla and Yassmay had freshened up and were wearing the clean clothes that

Part 1: The World Has Grown Chapter 1: Surviving the Wreckage Orcilla opened her eyes. She was lying inside the wreck of the crashed vehicle. She slowly sat up. She could see Yassmay. Yassmay had a piece