LOKA

Finding a place to belong becomes a girl's ambitious quest in a thrilling epic about space humanity and self-discovery by S.B. Divya Hugo and Nebula Award finalist and author of Meru.Akshaya is the hybrid daughter of a human mother and an alloy a genetically engineered posthuman—and she's the future of life on the planet Meru. But not if the determined Akshaya can help it. Before choosing where her future lies she wants to circumnavigate the most historic orb in the universe—the birthplace of humanity: Earth.Akshaya's parents reluctantly agree to her anthropological challenge—one with no assistance from alloy devices transport or wary alloys themselves who manage humanity and the regions of Earth called Loka. It's just Akshaya; her equally bold best friend Somya; and a carefully planned itinerary threading continent by continent across a wondrous terrain of things she's never seen: blue skies sunrises snowcapped mountains and roiling oceans.As the adventure unfolds the travelers discover love and new friendships but they also learn the risks of a planet that's not entirely welcoming. On this trek—rapturous dangerous and life-changing—Akshaya will discover what human existence really means.