Leeland Artra

Janali's scientific advances created a ship that survived a storm that would sink any other vessel. On its amazing return to Vental the church arrested the navigator, Lieutenant Metallo....

Pioneer or heretic? She yearns for scientific freedom, but the church believes she's a heretic. Their conflict changes the world. Janali, a repressed genius, quietly conducts her scientific research. Her situation appears improved with the miraculous return of the Vibrius, her prototype ship...

In a world ruled by the church, Janali finds herself at the mercy of the inquisition. She has little chance of saving her crew from the church while under arrest for heresy. She must engineer her own escape and then convince the head of the church to pardon both her and her crew. If she fails...

Pioneer or heretic? The world's future hangs in the balance....