Martha Fawcett

Together: Book II of the Janaforma Trilogy Martha Fawcett 1. izdevums

Life is difficult in the ?genetically-correct,? world of the future, especially when society labels you a ?Casual.? The Earthbound Casual, Jane Hibernia Smith lives in a reconditioned space pod on the Southern banks of Lake Erie and is lucky enough to have a job as a Stellar Cartographer at Atlas Map Company. Nevertheless, she hates her job and she hates her life. On the cold winter evening of February 28, Hibernia finds herself in a Toledo bar called the Pink Slipper. Sometime after 11:00 pm, a dark and swishy Trinity witch, named Bell, enters the bar and offers to read Hibernia?s tarot. The reading is extraordinary, but by now Hibernia is tipsy and does not seem to notice. Bell gestures at two cards with a red-lacquered nail and tells Hibernia, ?The Tower has fallen and you stand unshielded, perhaps for the first time in your life. The Wheel whispers as it turns, telling me that your future awaits. It will lift you up and take you with it. You will be going on a long trip to a faraway place. You will go farther than any Human has ever gone before.? Hibernia awakes the following morning to a braver part of herself. It is February 29, 2662 and as the sunset begins to consume Eastern Europe, we find Hibernia aboard a space shuttle bound for Earth?s moon. A few hours later she will meet Sante and Cle, two genetically engineered humanoids that call themselves The Janaforma. Together is a love story and how love infuses lovers with loyalty, altruism, and self-sacrifice. Join Hibernia, as she tells her story of how love gave her the tools she needed to discover the best parts of herself.