A riches to rags adventure of a clever woman in a high-tech suit versus a hostile AI Exiled to the mines of Mars…Silvariah Frandelle, a clever business woman, falls from wealth and success into exile and poverty, indentured–barely one step above slavery–as an off-world laborer to escape prison. Her last calculated risk as a free woman, paid for with years of service, becomes the key to … for with years of service, becomes the key to surviving hostile environments.
Space, gravity, and Mars wastelands were expected. Intrusive AIs, obscure experiments and shadowy foes were not.
“A richly imagined future world, clearly meticulously researched, plus characters who really grow before one’s eyes make this book immersive. A slow-building but never-dull plot that twists and turns in entirely unexpected ways makes it exciting. And a lurking, lightly ominous AI watching over it all? Creepy and delightful!” –Oneshi press
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