Escape

<p>Summer meant freedom.</p><p><br></p><p>An Escape from academic responsibilities.</p><p><br></p><p>In this collection of tales Escape becomes personal for some of the Space City Preparatory Academy students.Nico has created a flying Venice sim to explore but when he discovers invisible monsters on the prowl and a classmate hacks the sim as a prank he finds surviving to the end a precarious prospect. Trini is reluctant to assist her aunt in handling an infectious disease outbreak among the natives on the planet Letos but a near fatal encounter with what was believed to be a mythical creature forces her to re-examine her perspective. When his father is seriously injured during a hunting trip on a remote exomoon it is up to Jiro to locate help a dicey prospect when two rogue aliens pick up their trail. Dirk and Arielle believe they are in for a nice weekend hike until an ambitious town official wants to frame them for a crime they didn't commit during their summer-abroad diplomat training program. Cade hopes to enter the dangerous Tefnot sub race on Araxia only to be sold into slavery for his troubles.</p><p><br></p><p>For these six Escape means not just survival but choosing the futures they want no matter the odds.</p>