Naturally our heroin do not really fit in very well. In short the wet dream of the green and gender fanatics. Naturally everyone is supposed to eat only vegetarian food etc. Those who do not comply will be brainwashed. The book starts one some backwater planet, run by fanatical women, where technology is scoffed on and everyone are supposed to live “in harmony” with nature. However, her powers and how they develop is rather unique and so is the setting. The story is not that uncommon: A lone child with special powers adventures into space. This book is rather different from a lot of books that I have read. Good thing I’m not as helpless as I look. Kidnappers, slavers, pirates and yakuza – no matter where I go, trouble always seems to find me. Hoping to survive all the awful things that can happen to a girl on her own in space. Now I’m on the run, hoping against hope that the Matrons won’t try too hard to find me. What would they do, if they realized the Adjustments that were supposed to make me a meek little herd animal didn’t do anything?

Even as a kid I knew not to trust the Matrons. I learned fast to downplay my abilities, keep my mouth shut and try to blend in. There were other kids with mods at the orphanage, but nothing like that. It all seemed perfectly natural at the time. Forty meters off the ground, watching ships thirty thousand kilometers overhead, with senses that could pick out radar pings and comm chatter as easily as the ships themselves. When I was little I used to climb up to the highest branches of the housetree at night, and watch the starships docking at the orbital stations high above. My name is Alice Long, and I’ve always known I was different. Good thing Iâ€™m not as helpless as I look.Perilous Waif ( Alice Long #1) by E. Kidnappers, slavers, pirates and yakuza - no matter where I go, trouble always seems to find me.

Now Iâ€™m on the run, hoping against hope that the Matrons wonâ€™t try too hard to find me. What would they do, if they realized the Adjustments that were supposed to make me a meek little herd animal didnâ€™t do anything? Then I messed up, and gave myself away.

My name is Alice Long, and Iâ€™ve always known I was different.

Perilous Waif by E. William Brown