The books on the bookshelves in her room were organized by subject as if it was a library. "We won't tell you what to read," Brinn's words remained in her mind. "Or what work to do in our laboratories or on our computers. We want you to discover the research that will interest you the most."

Helen was tired; she wanted to read fiction, a story, any story that shared the lives of people in other worlds, but all she could find were nonfiction books about science and technology.