Master of None
By N. Lee Wood

    Born and raised on the planet Hengeli, Nathan Crewe was much unprepared for his reception on the planet Vanar. A world kept isolated from the rest of the galaxy, Vanar is ruled by women. Men have no rights and are considered property. The women refused to allow strangers from other worlds, especially male strangers, to visit Vanar. Therefore, when Nathan Crewe attempted to retrieve a few botanical samples from the native rain forest, he was arrested, beaten, tortured and almost killed.

    He was rescued by the head of a prominent family, the Nga'esha. He became, for the time being, a man without family. He lived in poverty, denied the ability to earn his own living or to go anywhere he pleased. He was given a small monthly stipend to buy food with and a spare set of clothes. This, and a few of his personal items along with some books and a reader that Yaenida Nga'esha had given him were all he had. In order to buy anything, he had to have a woman speak for him. He was miserable. He was not allowed to study the native plants or do anything else except menial labor.

    Finally, the old woman adopted him. She taught him Vanar and, with his adoption, saw to it that he did follow through on his inadvertent acceptance of a young woman's marriage proposal. That was only the beginning of his miserable life.

     Master of None shows what it is like to be a piece of property. It details things that usually happen to women. However, in Vanar society, the roles are reversed. Can Nathan adjust? If you said not likely, you'd be wrong. How can he change a society that is seven hundred years old? Follow Nathan Crewe as he fumbles his way through a major change.