Stars of the Ancient Past

An ambassador isn't who he says he is, but who is he? Someone is hunting intelligent animals and piloting a privately owned starship with a shuttle, but who? Crystals black as midnight, just what are the crystals the intelligent animals call midnight stones? Ten years earlier, Star heard a prophecy that said she might see the Pegasi fly the skies again. Are there still Pegasi on Erukugu or are they a myth like on Earth?