Marriage of Convenience
Romance, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fiction & Literature, Short Stories, Science Fiction
| Author: | Leigh Saunders | ISBN: | 1230003124123 |
| Publisher: | Camden Park Press | Publication: | November 9, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Leigh Saunders |
| ISBN: | 1230003124123 |
| Publisher: | Camden Park Press |
| Publication: | November 9, 2010 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
An unexpected demand by the powerful Rhysa throws fragile treaty negotiations into a turmoil. Tasked with brokering an interspecies marriage of alliance between humans and Rhysians, Earth's negotiation team finds themselves caught in an interstellar re-enactment of Beauty and the Beast - one demanding personal sacrifices to ensure peace, and where no one will be magically transformed in the end.
(a novelette by Leigh Saunders, Writers of the Future contest Finalist)
An unexpected demand by the powerful Rhysa throws fragile treaty negotiations into a turmoil. Tasked with brokering an interspecies marriage of alliance between humans and Rhysians, Earth's negotiation team finds themselves caught in an interstellar re-enactment of Beauty and the Beast - one demanding personal sacrifices to ensure peace, and where no one will be magically transformed in the end.
(a novelette by Leigh Saunders, Writers of the Future contest Finalist)
