Gabe’s adventures as Earth’s ambassador to the universe continue: he connects to the previous ambassador, whose attempt to figure out how the genocidal Outlast are spreading has left her visually impaired, as well as the Kaen ambassador, who turns out to be descended from the Maya people who left thousands of years ago (in a neat reversal of the “aliens built the pyramids” canard). Struggling with ICE as well as the Outlast, he tries to make a fragile peace. (Alexander was writing about warehouses full of kids separated by chain link fences and mylar blankets a few years before Trump, because they existed before Trump.) ( )