This is clearly a well planned story with excellent plot and character development. I can’t actually pin it down to being solely a SF tale, as it has many shades of Fantasy as well. It was interesting to watch the main character’s strict religious beliefs slowly peel away as he was confronted with, and later reluctantly (at first) integrated into, a wildly different society with “shocking” beliefs. Excellent storytelling and pacing as well. All around great work!
AER’LA ONLY WANTED TO BE FREE The Confederated Worlds are unparalleled as a society of free people, yet, somehow, slavery still manages to exist. Aer’La, a non-human, was bred to serve as a pleasure slave. Years ago, she escaped her masters and masqueraded as a human, joining the Confederate Navy, where she worked her w…