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THE YOKIS (CHAPTER 2) McMurdo admired the breathtaking view that unfolded at his feet. It was at the top of the mountain, just at the highest point of the narrow road before descending a little further and finally arriving at the small town of New Edinburgh. Behind him, stood a caravan of pack animals: the neblis were sturdy and hardy beasts, capable of carrying large quantities of goods in their saddlebags. In that remote mountainous region, where there were no highways, only these animals were able to cross that narrow and tortuous path, enduring the low temperatures and without fear of falling down the deep precipices that opened up along the way. New Edinburgh was the most important city in the region of New Scotland: an immense territory, north of the planet Nebu, almost all of which was occupied by huge mountains covered with perpetual snow. When the first settlers from Earth arrived on that forgotten planet, they divided the territories among themselves, as best they could.