One moment Penthesilea of Thrace is fighting the Greek hero Achilles on the battlefield of Troy. A few hours later, she awakes in a starship leaving Earth, trying to understand what has happened to her.
Grieving her sisters left on the battlefield of Troy, Penthesilea must adapt and overcome - to face a new life where nothing is familiar, and nothing makes sense. Especially her future.
But just as she begins to make small strides toward becoming a new person, everything changes again. Once more she is headed for an uncertain future in the center of the galaxy - but this time, she will be placed on trial for her life.
Because she is a human who knows too much.
Like Huckleberry Finn, Phil Huddleston grew up barefoot and outdoors, catching mudbugs by the creek, chasing rabbits through the fields, and forgetting to come home for dinner. Then he discovered books. Thereafter, he read everything he could get his hands on, including reading the Encyclopedia Britannica and Funk & Wagnalls from A-to-Z multiple times. He served in the U. S. Marines for four years, returned to college and completed his degree on the GI Bill. Since that time, he built computer systems, worked in cybersecurity, played in a band, flew a bush plane from Alaska to Texas, rode a motorcycle around a good bit of America, and watched in amazement as his wife raised two wonderful daughters in spite of him. And would sure like to do it all again. Except maybe without the screams of terror.