The Avid Reader

Orah and Nathaniel have built their boat and have traveled to the other side of the water in search of the decedents of the Keepmasters. They are seeking knowledge to bring back to the people of Little Pond hoping to make their lives better. They are still seeking the truth as well.

On the other side of the water they meet two groups of people. The first group they meet are still using the machines that their parents, the dreamers left to them to make their lives easier. They are called the technos. The technos follow the Mentor and always do what he says as he is their leader.

The other group of people they meet are the greenies. The greenies live off the land and no long rely on the machines for their survival. The greenies have their own leader whom they call Earth Mother.

The greenies and the technos each have their own beliefs and want nothing to do with the other. They had a falling out of sorts a long time ago and each stay to their selves with no contact between the two groups.

When Orah and Nathaniel try to be friends with both groups each group accuse them of betraying the other. But that is not the case Orah and Nathaniel are only trying to be friends with everyone and to help each group in any way they can. They also know that each group has different things that they can teach them to take back to their homeland to help the people there as well.

Nathaniel and Orah finally convenience technos and the greenies that they can help make their lives easier with the things they can teach them. They also convenience them that they can be friends with both groups at the same time and not betray the other. Can Orah and Nathaniel get the two groups to come together and work as one? Will they ever be friends again?

I have really and truly love going along with Orah and Nathaniel on their search in seeking the truth. What is the truth? Is there actually more than one truth? Can they be more than one truth? Can Orah and Nathaniel ever get people to understand that we are one?

I hope to see Orah and Nathaniel again on their next journey. I highly recommend that you grab your copy of The Stuff of Stars and go with Orah and Nathaniel as they cross the water to the new land and people. But I would suggest that you start with The Children of Darkness to follow Orah, Nathaniel and their friend Thomas to find out how it all began.