In El's fantasies, she pilots a fighter jet for the intergalactic fleet. In reality, she's a mechanic whose social grid ranking guarantees she'll never advance beyond the lowest grunt work, and a slave in all but name to her cruel and self-centered stepmother and stepsisters. The most she can hope for is a few stolen moments of happiness practicing on her sisters' flight simulators, or talking to the mysterious stranger she met on an illicit night of stargazing.
When the queen announces a competition to find new pilots for the fleet, El knows this is her chance to escape. But her stepmother will never let her compete—and then she learns that her new friend, the one person she thought she could trust, was hiding a secret that changes everything between them.
It's a good thing she has a lot more friends than she thinks she does.
Exciting, fast-paced, and hopeful, this science fiction retelling of Cinderella is the first in the Rove City series.
Rove City
Ariele Sieling is a science fiction and fantasy writer who enjoys books (obviously), cats, and trees. She has twenty-five books published, most of which are in three scifi series: post-apocalyptic monsters in Land of Szornyek; soft science fiction series, The Sagittan Chronicles; and scifi fairytale retellings in Rove City. She has also had numerous short stories published in a variety of anthologies and magazines and is the author of the book for authors: How To Build A Book Marketing Strategy.
She lives with her spouse, enormous Great Pyrenees dog, and two cats.
Learn more about her at https://arielesieling.com/.
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