The Road to the Stars

Kendra's going to drag humanity to the stars no matter who stands in her way Kendra and Aiyana Cassidy's dreams are coming true. Aiyana's teleportals are growing in popularity, and Kendra's starship is nearly complete. But the Artemis Colony is throttling the planet's supply of rare earth metals. If Artemis isn't stopped soon, in twenty years ¾ of the population will be dead. They don't want a war, but if Artemis insists, Kendra's never learned how to back down. " "Yes." "You put a window. On a starship." "Yes. You seem a little stuck on this." "You put a goddess loving window on a starship!" "We put lots of windows on this starship. You should see the one in the observation lounge on deck eight; it's bigger than this one." "Are you totally out of your mind?" "This seems to be really bothering you." "Why isn't it bothering you? It's a window on a starship!" "Because I know it's perfectly safe. It's nearly as hard as sapphire, stable at temperature extremes, and resists shattering. That doesn't begin to get into the other tricks we've tucked into it." "Okay, it's strong. But a window?" "When better? This is the first starship; what we do here sets a design standard for all future ships, and I wanted a window!"