The Telling

There have been 80 requests to send an observer into the hinterlands of the planet Aka to study the natives. When the 81st request is granted, Observer Sutty is sent upriver to Okzat-Ozkat, a city in the foothills of Rangma, to talk to the remnants in hiding of a cult practising a banned religion.

There have been 80 requests to send an observer into the hinterlands of the planet Aka to study the natives. When the 81st request is granted, Observer Sutty is sent upriver to Okzat-Ozkat, a city in the foothills of Rangma, to talk to the remnants in hiding of a cult practising a banned religion.