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child-trafficking
The chapter reveals a system where children are sold to boarding schools that exploit them for labor under the guise of education.
1 chapter across 1 book
Redshift Rendezvous (1990)John E. Stith
Chapter 16
In this chapter, Jason reveals to Tara the traumatic truth about his origins, including being sold to a boarding school on Redwall and his painful reunion with his destitute, broken parents on Transom Five. The narrative explores Jason's internal struggle with his past, his feelings of loneliness, and the emotional barriers he maintains, while the crew prepares to track a ship to the planet Xanahalla. The chapter ends with Jason's haunting dream, symbolizing his unresolved guilt and trauma.