Alexandra Bracken : (2) " In the years between ‘Afterlight’ and ‘Legacy,’ we see a Zu who has watched all of her older friends head out into the world to do meaningful work while she’s made to wait and hang back because of her age. It reinforces a feeling in her that she’s falling further and further behind and won’t ever catch up to them. " - Alexandra Bracken " It might be the history major in me, but I look to the past when I try to construct my fictional futures. " - Alexandra Bracken