ON THE BRUTAL BACKWARD PLANET of New Eden, the crushing hand of despotic rule has shaped a society of pitiless brutes and cringing victims. Children are callously indoctrinated into terrified compliant adults, and females are believed a danger to all mankind. Segregated and heavily veiled, their lives are meticulously orchestrated to snuff out all sense of worth and resistance. Yet there are facets of life beyond the control of tyranny.
Slowly...