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Sami wasn’t born in the Five Tunnels. She’s traveled all over, even as far as the Northern caves beyond Eastport. Only Nobodies went farther than that. Story was, there were towns beyond the Dustbowl, but most folk thought that was just stories. It’s been almost a century since the sky fell and the world broke apart in a day, but still the people spent their whole lives underground, shielded by living stone. Sami’s mom and dad are long since dead, and her friends, Sef and Glyn, vanished without a trace over a year ago. Now her dearest pal, Simma, was leaving, too, to live under the ...

Simma was sure she’d never see Sami again. She’d last seen her best friend waving g’bye in the middle of the street in First Right, nearly a year ago. Her only other friends, Sef and Glyn, had vanished without a trace long before that. Living under the water in Tunnel T2 frightened Simma terribly. Any moment, she felt, the tunnel walls might split and the whole of the mile-wide river would rush in and drown her. Her mom’s boyfriend, Namid, said she’d outgrow it, but this feeling of dread only deepened in her. Then, through a catastrophe brought on by the sabotage of the hated ...

Gen was a certified third-generation Martian citizen, tall and pale and a privileged member of an almost-immortal society. Gen and her best friend, Tish, were masters of the virtual gaming fields, and nothing pleased them more than a ride up the Canaveral Skyhook for some duty-free shopping on the Platform and a drink on the Ceiling at the Crescent Café. But her longing to serve on rotations Outside is suddenly swept away when visions come to her of a far-away society of lost humans, speeding through space-time to save Mars from an unimaginable fate. Now it was up to Gen, her best friend, ...

Young Moon was happy growing up in North Korea, in the days before her father destroyed the world. But that was so long ago and she was so very young. Her Father would grow excited when he told her impossible tales of astronauts on the Moon. And there was a small base on Mars, too, being built by robots, with even bigger stations planned—the Ring Cities. But Young Moon wished he would lower his voice. Their walls were thin in Wonsan and school taught her that too much talk was treason. Every screen was two-way and you never knew if someone was watching. All she wanted was to be left alone...