The Progenitors
by J. E. Andrews
The Progenitors fled civilized space. They first created the Shymyra to protect their world in their absence. Visitors may explore their forsaken ruins, but not their advanced technology. Akena, a Shymyra governor, finds a surviving human male in a wrecked ship. Her duty is to return him to his people. Constrained by her laws, it is an arduous journey. Questions abound, answers evade, trust fails.