Aleyara's Descent. Magazine Cover Art

The cover art for the May/June 2023 "Analog Science Fiction and Fact" magazine, Volume XCIII, Numbers 5 & 6.
The illustration for the novelette "ALEYARA'S DESCENT" by Christopher L. Bennett
painted in October 2022

The people, who have lived within their legends and fiction for a long time, resist any new spark that can shake their ideas about the world.
When young Aleyara begins to doubt the ancient dogmas and ventures with friends to go on an expedition in search of the truth, she does not know yet that the most extensive test awaits them,
even if they can return home — to make others believe...

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