Denied a place on her home world, she made her own among the stars.
Yet there may be another option, one that involves becoming a midshipman on a shorthanded Navy spaceship with no other women..
She must marry and watch a stranger run the lands, or become a penniless tenant and see the lands she so dearly loves sold off.
Her options are few.
At fifteen, Alexis Carew has to face an age old problem - she\'s a girl, and only a boy can inherit the family\'s vast holdings.
Denied a place on her home world, she made her own among the stars