The Tidelings of Dras Sayve: A Novelette

Maverick diplomat Emis Rindar travels to the northernmost clan in the Dras Channel, seeking the assistance of an old friend. After a lifetime of adventures across Knyadrea, a large moon, his next planned endeavour will be unlike anything he has attempted.

Finding breakthroughs in such a technologically progressive clan should be easy, but Emis knows better than to expect eager cooperation from the knyads of Dras Sayve. Isolated and enigmatic, the Sayvians keep even their neighbours at a distance, and few welcome the unorthodox ideas Emis brings from abroad. Can Emis convince them that he will make a worthy mentor to one of their more curious juveniles?

This story is set 30 years before the events of Far Removed (C B Lansdell's debut sci-fi novel).