| Author: | Christine Pope | ISBN: | 9780983684107 |
| Publisher: | Dark Valentine Press | Publication: | July 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Christine Pope |
| ISBN: | 9780983684107 |
| Publisher: | Dark Valentine Press |
| Publication: | July 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Anika Jespers, a homesteader’s daughter on a Gaian colony, thinks she’s destined for a dull existence on her family’s farm. But when her father makes an impossible bargain with their neighbor, one of the alien Zhore, she faces a future different from anything she could have possibly imagined.
The familiar story of Beauty and the Beast takes on new life in this inventive SF romance novella, with the Beauty a homesteader's daughter and the Beast an alien on a faraway colony world. Contains the follow-up short story, "A Simple Gift."
Anika Jespers, a homesteader’s daughter on a Gaian colony, thinks she’s destined for a dull existence on her family’s farm. But when her father makes an impossible bargain with their neighbor, one of the alien Zhore, she faces a future different from anything she could have possibly imagined.
The familiar story of Beauty and the Beast takes on new life in this inventive SF romance novella, with the Beauty a homesteader's daughter and the Beast an alien on a faraway colony world. Contains the follow-up short story, "A Simple Gift."
