Ah, the perils of married life. Stubborn wombows, holy-terror birds, the Officers' Wives Club...
Auriga "Rigi" Bernardi-Prananda eagerly awaits her husband's return from advanced scout training. A predator returns in his place, and Rigi must learn to adapt to his new role in the military, and to navigate the perils of Army society. Especially when Tomás insists on her presence as he helps establish a new human and Staré settlement on Verdina, Shikhari's northern continent. He and the Staré need Rigi's skills as healer and Wise Eye, one who sees through concealment to find the truth.
Once in the north, Rigi discovers that the wildlife outside the camp poses only a minor hazard. Those predators merely want to eat her. A predator inside the camp threatens her husband's career, and her and Tomás' honor. Rigi must call on all her training, as well as her Staré allies and Martinus the M-dog, if she is to accomplish her mission with dignity, honor, and marriage intact. And without spilling anything on herself at a tea or ladies' theatrical evening.
Woman's work is never done. Nor is it ever dull.
74,000 words.
Genre: Science Fiction
Auriga "Rigi" Bernardi-Prananda eagerly awaits her husband's return from advanced scout training. A predator returns in his place, and Rigi must learn to adapt to his new role in the military, and to navigate the perils of Army society. Especially when Tomás insists on her presence as he helps establish a new human and Staré settlement on Verdina, Shikhari's northern continent. He and the Staré need Rigi's skills as healer and Wise Eye, one who sees through concealment to find the truth.
Once in the north, Rigi discovers that the wildlife outside the camp poses only a minor hazard. Those predators merely want to eat her. A predator inside the camp threatens her husband's career, and her and Tomás' honor. Rigi must call on all her training, as well as her Staré allies and Martinus the M-dog, if she is to accomplish her mission with dignity, honor, and marriage intact. And without spilling anything on herself at a tea or ladies' theatrical evening.
Woman's work is never done. Nor is it ever dull.
74,000 words.
Genre: Science Fiction
Used availability for Alma T C Boykin's Woman's Work