A Flower for Skalla

The City has becomes a bleak place since the Patreen invasion. Patreen stewards patrol the streets, while the original inhabitants, the Nasoots, are forced into exile or live as outlaws in the labyrinthine tunnels under the City. Only a handful of Nasoots remain in the City, where their superior technological skills are required by the Patreens. When the Nasoots invent a humoid far superior to the standard android, their plans to liberate the City from Patreen dominance take off with surprising results. Skalla, a young Nasoot girl, sparks off the liberation as she gradually discovers things that were outlawed in the oppressive City. 'A Flower for Skalla' is a collaborative writing project from Alpha Writers Group - it's a science fiction story where each writer developed a new and exciting twist in the evolving plot. All royalties go to Macmillan Cancer Support