A Distant Soil 1996 #42 - back issue - $3.00

Bast takes Keris's image and once more assumes control of the Nexus. She reassures the people of Ovanan that all is well. D'mer attempts to rejoin Seren in the tower but the tower is attacked by the rebels when Bast lowers the shields. Serezha and Kovar attempt to escape using the shuttle but the shuttle is shot down.

• - Author gives an update and her activities, noting that the next issue will out in about 60 days.
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