A family of alien pioneers arrives on the Earth. Humanity cowers. Chicago is evacuated. But there is a plan to defeat the invaders, and it depends on a young soldier and one powerful alien girl.
"You want to understand why you like water. Why do you stare at the cold lake and those bits of cold water living inside the lake, and why are you fascinated by the water that stands on its own, moving by various slow means, struggling to cross the face of this frigid little world?
Every affection has some good reason. Doesn't it?
"A good reason or you are doing life wrong," Father would say. If you asked him. But not today. He is too busy to bother with questions, particularly obvious questions. Today and for a lot of days, Father has been impatient and focused, and it would be wrong of a child, particularly a child as young as you, to distract your leader with trivial concerns."
Robert Reed is a Hugo Award winner, and "Dome on the Prairie" was runner-up in ASIMOV'S SF reader poll.
Genre: Science Fiction
"You want to understand why you like water. Why do you stare at the cold lake and those bits of cold water living inside the lake, and why are you fascinated by the water that stands on its own, moving by various slow means, struggling to cross the face of this frigid little world?
Every affection has some good reason. Doesn't it?
"A good reason or you are doing life wrong," Father would say. If you asked him. But not today. He is too busy to bother with questions, particularly obvious questions. Today and for a lot of days, Father has been impatient and focused, and it would be wrong of a child, particularly a child as young as you, to distract your leader with trivial concerns."
Robert Reed is a Hugo Award winner, and "Dome on the Prairie" was runner-up in ASIMOV'S SF reader poll.
Genre: Science Fiction
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