A story in the Catalum Universe
A 'Dragon' and its 'Offspring' are sent to a remote world to survey a location for a new temple. The smaller one has almost full breadth of its powers but needs guidance.
While tracking a thief and deserter, Rae and her partners land upon a world ruled by a powerful dictator and join the underground resistance to free it's inhabitants. Battling the dictators robot army, they make an astonishing discovery that will change their lives.
Recounting how the planet of New Berne was first colonized, how the Aerocities came to be and how the colonists coped with beginning life on a strange, new world.
They thought that the skeleton was just one of those plastic ones, brought along by one of the party guests... who knew that he’d invited himself to the party!