Coarse mouthed, hard drinking and bound only by the laws of
physics, the space pirate, “Cynthia the Invincible” is on the run with from the
alien Cataxi. She is stranded in Earth's dim prehistory when a lucky shot on
her ship destroys the jump unit. Marooned in 1810 she is forced to hide while
the ship tries to repair itself. Since she enjoys playing the computer game
"Jane Austen World" she hides in Regency England. She finds that real
life in the Regency is different from the game. Especially when it comes to
love. Living in the Regency poses many novel challenges for her. Mundane things
like eating real food rather than the ship's synthetics or learning to ride a
horse with a mind of her own pose obstacles that she must learn to overcome. Others are subtle, such as the withdrawal
from the drugs that allow her to conquer the long times required for
interstellar travel, even with a jump drive. Even the process of learning to
live with other people rather than alone in a small ship can cause problems.
Especially when she faces the moral quandary of whether to use her advanced
survival technology to save a friend's life.
Even worse, one of the less pleasant alien species is trying to alter
Earth's history to eliminate the competition.
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