Sneak Peek, Intro of Maxima Elecampane

All right, here's a sneak peak at Maxima Elecampane, Raz Cherry and Del Elecampane's daughter. They (and heroine Glyssa Licorice) are at the excavation camp of the starship, Lugh's Spear.

"Parents!" a girl's voice called before the Elecampane's sole child, teenaged Maxima, strolled into the tent, carring a long-barreled blazer. Her chubby cat rode on her thin shoulder.

Glyssa blinked. Maxima had struck her as a serious student who wouldn't be out of place as a public librarian – that the girl carried a weapon and seemed competent with it, surprised her.

"We took a walk to where the wounded hawkcel was found," Maxima said, moving with her father's grace as she put the gun away in a locked and spellshielded wardrobe set in the far corner of the room.