Chapter Twenty Four

On the other side of the forest there was a wide beach and several recently-built hotels. There also was a dock with several excursion boats that would take tourists out to nearby reefs. Even from a distance, Trish could tell that everyone on the beaches was naked. She later learned that, because most of the visitors were from Danubia, a country where swimsuits were illegal, in the tourist area swimsuits also were prohibited. Beyond the hotels, the road passed through a small town that was full of Eastern Europeans, then through another stretch of forest. Finally, Trish and her owner arrived at Gannet Cove.

Gannet Cove was different from the capitol. It was smaller, but a lot cleaner and more kept-up. The houses were nicer and larger than houses anywhere else on the Island. There were more parks, the streets were wide and tree-lined, and the only stores in sight were ones that looked more typical of what would be seen in Europe. There were no crowded grungy markets like the ones Eve