The Last Departure: Tales of the Chai Makhani Trio, #12

By Kate MacLeod

The Chai Makhani Trio have fought Koltn Ward and his Commonwealth Enforcers all over the surface of Adghal and in orbit above it. But their battle has reached its end.

Elyot, Alextra and Keani stand before the governor of Adghal and the leaders of the rebellion with everything needed to repel the Commonwealth for good.

But politics muddies everything, even the most basic of survival impulses. Time grows short, while the danger just grows.

Their world balances on a pinpoint. Which way will it fall? Freedom or bondage? The Chai Makhani Trio face their final challenge. But win or lose, their trio is doomed to be broken.

"The Last Departure" is the twelfth and final episode in the ongoing monthly science fiction adventure serial TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ratatoskr Press
• Release date: Mar 1, 2023
• ISBN: 9781958606148

Kate MacLeod

Dr. Kate MacLeod is an innovative inclusive educator, researcher, and author. She began her career as a high school special education teacher in New York City and now works as faculty in the college of education at the University of Maine Farmington and as an education consultant with Inclusive Schooling. She has spent 15 years studying inclusive practices and supporting school leaders and educators to feel prepared and inspired to include all learners.

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The Last Departure

THE LAST DEPARTURE

TALES OF THE CHAI MAKHANI TRIO: EPISODE 12

KATE MACLEOD

Ratatoskr Press

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The Last Departure

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Tales of the Chai Makhani Trio

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THE LAST DEPARTURE

Up until a few days ago, Elyot had spent his entire life within the city walls of the capital of the planet Adghal. He had climbed to the tops of those walls from time to time to look down at the jungles and grasslands that spread around the mountain the city was perched on. Not with any longing to leave his home, just out of a desire to look around.

But since the moment he had met Alextra and Keani in Mama Scotti's restaurant, it felt like he had been everywhere. Down into the jungles, up into space to the far side of the moon, then down again to the heart of the desert that lurked just beyond the horizon from the city. He had seen hidden rebel spaceports, killer trees, and the most magical of gardens.

So it felt a little strange, after all those wide-ranging journeys, to be back home.

Well, sort of. Elyot had grown up close to the walls on the western side of the city. Pretty much the poorest part of town. He knew that cluster of blocks intimately, every rooftop and every sewer grate.

But now he was in the richer neighborhoods. Koltn