The Promised Planet

NO EASY CHOICES. NO SECOND CHANCES.

Merely a woman in a Clan historically oppressed, Alÿssia knows there are no “rights” without the power to enforce them. Can she subvert patriarchy by playing to its own rules? Can she trust a man who promises freedom and equality at the end of a terrifying wormhole through spacetime?

On a new planet, a new type of human: differently gendered, non-violent, embracing a balanced ecology. To the old world, however, the planet promises priceless natural resources to exploit and the fulfilment of religious prophecy.

In a bitter struggle for control, Alÿssia must survive assault, betrayal and bereavement. She must also make promises of her own. As she reaches for power, she faces a pivotal choice:

Should she risk everything to protect the planet's alt-human population, or sacrifice them to show her own kind how efficiently a woman can lead?