This novelette is an introduction to the novel First to Dance Etana is looking for purpose in her life when an opportunity presents itself: leave Earth and become one of the first colonists on a planet called Azias. Convinced she's found her purpose, Etana applies for the opportunity and prepares to leave Earth behind. Approximately a thousand years later, a young woman on a planet called Zozeis finds a collection of Etana's books hidden in her basement. Sometimes a discovery can change your life forever, and for Ayita, this is one of them.