Elvene

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by Paul P Mealing

The Kiri myth of Ocean Woman - a vibrant new voice in Australian speculative fiction.

 

Solitary Space Corps agent Elvene is tough, capable and knows her own worth: six Marauders, robotic drones designed to hunt down and kill humans with technological capabilities.

Ambushed by these enemies, Elvene escapes by subterfuge, in the process stumbling across a life-bearing planet in an uncharted sector. It contains a remnant human population, the Kiri, who have no obvious technologies beyond fire, spears and outrigger canoes.

Elvene finds refuge amongst these people, and develops a deep emotional attachment to a young man, Myka, who is a budding mystic and shaman. Their relationship is seen by his community as destiny, but when her superiors come to rescue her, it creates tension and conflict on all sides.

Separated by circumstances beyond their control, both Elvene and Myka begin personal odysseys that will test their endurance and resourcefulness to the extreme. What is the secret origin of the Kiri people? What links them to the Marauders in relentless pursuit of Elvene? And what will be the lasting legacy of Myka and Elvene’s relationship?