An adventure, a love story, a young woman coming of age and claiming her rightful power

In this science-fiction epic journey, a long-lost princess, a mariner, and a sentient ship battle intergalactic intrigue in a quest for love, self-determination, and to save their planet from a deadly cyber-virus.

The Princess: Taken from the planet as a small child, the Princess has little knowledge of her true identity as queen—Fenria’s hereditary administrator for a planet-wide neural net. This neural net brings together AI, robots, and human components in a compound entity that monitors and terraforms the Planet Fenria.

The Mariner: Although once a part of the neural net, the Mariner's implant was burned out following a pandemic that decimated the Seaguard—those with implants who serve the network. He grieves his loss of connection to the planet-wide consciousness.

The Ship: An avatar of the network, the Ship thinks she owns the Mariner and the Princess. She wants her beloved and essential components to be happy and to produce replacements.

Enter a world of matriarchs and pirates, high-tech fishing and hydrogen-powered boats. A world where ships grow in giant eggs and think for themselves. A world that cares for its oceans and its human children.

Notes:
Book includes13 maps and illustrations, drawn by the author, detailing the world of Fenria.

Lizzie Newell devotes herself to science fiction, art, and community service.
Her art and costuming have received awards in the Anchorage Fur Rondy Snow Sculpture competition, Glasgow Interaction Worldcon masquerade, SeaTac Cascadia NASFIC art show, and Montreal Anticipation Worldcon masquerade.
KTUU Alaska received an award for reporting on her annual neighborhood ice garden.
Her published fiction includes novels Sappho’s Agency, The Fisherman and the Gene Thief, Annin’s Bargain, and short stories “The Wolves of the Solstice’ and “Under an Airless Sky.”
She and her husband led Netday 2000 Alaska, which successfully installed computer networks in every school in Alaska by the year 2000. After her husband passed away, she continued volunteering with voter registration, poll watching, campaign finance reform, and serving on her community council.
As the Anchorage Bus Fairy, she advocates for public transportation. She rides the bus, shoveling snow and picking up trash at bus stops, and gives out bus passes funded by her Patreon.