Teardrop — Lisa Mason

On the exotic planet dubbed XYK-834, rogue human John Dixon has fallen in love with the alluringly alien NanaNini--but that puts him in bad with the corporate Network goons. Yet maybe the enigmatic Sparkle can set everything right.

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