Ambassador of Progress

The planet was primitive and semi-feudal, loosely bound together by a federation of city states. Threatening the status quo were the Brodainu, creme de la creme of mercenaries, slowly establishing their power over the planet's archaic interior.

To this troubled planet, from her own beleaguered one, comes Fiona, one of many – ambassador, missionary, proselytiser, recruiter. But to the ruling city lords, preoccupied by the threat of a massive Brodainu uprising, the full significance of the ambassador's arrival is not apparent.

For the course of a whole human colony is about to lurch in an entirely unexpected direction...