Midsummer's eve, 2040, after dinner
Walking up the hill they were greeted by a crimson sky and a tapestry of shredded clouds clad in gold and black. The setting sun painted them from below with a divine beauty.
Then they reached the crest, and below them the western archipelago opened up, red sunbeams playing along waves and islet after countless islet, making each a precious gem.
"No way!"
"Yes way," Christina laughed.
"It looks like the land of gods."
She turned and flashed him a smile taking twenty years off her. "It looks like home." 'I'm happy here. I'm happy in this world. I'm happy that it gave me a transition and restart.'
And that's the introduction to book two. The Billion Dollar Empress is a little different from Arrivals.
The kids have grown a little, and by now they're properly high school students, well apart from the two Swedish characters who are a tad older than that.
I hope you enjoyed book one, and I hope you'll enjoy book two.
Lastly I ask for those tags again. High school, slice of life and Japan.