THE MOON

The moon has always been with us. Even for early humans who didn’t quite understand the universe, the moon was a constant. It pulls our tides and tells turtles when to come ashore and bury eggs. It lights our way and directs our ships. It entrances moths. It acts as a calendar. Fifty years ago, we made it to the surface.

REVIEW: THE KINGDOM OF OHIO by Matthew Flaming

The young woman is an heir to a lost kingdom in Ohio. The Latoledan family was given tracts of land in the Louisiana Purchase and allowed to keep their autonomy throughout the Revolution and the Civil War. It seems she is the only surviving Latoledan — only because she escaped the siege via a transportation machine she worked on with Tesla.