5/20/2023 0 Comments Star-Crossed by Pintip Dunn![]() ![]() ![]() They, however, live full life spans, while all the Aegis but the king lose 60 years each. The other colonists consume only these pills, never tasting actual food. The colony adopted a drastic solution: the Aegis (people with suitable genes) receive a modification to become food incubators, eating heartily six times a day so that many more nutrients than they eat can be uncomfortably extracted from them in pill form. ![]() All but a few terraforming pods sent ahead were destroyed, however, making survival tenuous. When colonists arrived on their new planet, Dion, 60 years ago, they expected to find a fully habitable environment. As unrest grows in a food-strapped space colony, a young woman slated for leadership must make a heart-wrenching decision in this YA sci-fi/romance novel. ![]()
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