The weaker sister: Part I

The first part of this fictional piece on who will survive when it's time to evacuate Earth. To find Part II for this piece, search 'the weaker sister'. The year is 3076, and Leora is 14. She and her sister have to evacuate Earth. In the first part of this piece written by Amelia Kahaney for Nautilus, Leora takes us into her world - where, in constant winter and ravaged by plague, the only hope of a better life lies on a planet far beyond.