Ligia, a young overweight geologist, copes with day-to-day harassment from her prospecting team mates. Mars' high female-to-male ratio negates any chance of companionship for her.

While the specter of an all-out war looms over the red planet, Ligia imagines the floating cities of Venus, where a mostly male population of scientists work to reverse the hothouse effect of their inhospitable world.

When a freak accident leaves her stranded with an incoming sandstorm, Ligia has only a few hours of air left in her tanks. She must draw upon her meager resources and rising anger to extend her life.

But is survival really worth it when death can plunge from the sky at any moment?

A quirky SF novelette featuring a proud and resourceful heroine, squeezed inside a narrow-minded society.

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About the author:

A science-fiction lover since childhood, Michèle Laframboise has written 17 novels and more than 30 short-stories, in French and English.

Her stories have been published in Solaris, Galaxies, Géante Route, Brins d'Éternité, Tesseracts and a few other anthologies. Some of her works were translated in Italian, German and Russian.

Michèle is also a comic enthusiast who drew a dozen of graphic novels.

Her website can be found at www.michele-laframboise.com