Snail's Pace

By Susan McDonough- Wachtman

Susannah McKay is orphaned and penniless when a Chinese man offers her a job as a governess. Susannah is thrilled, because in Hong Kong in the 1880s, it’s not so easy for a girl to get work. As impulsive and adventurous as she is, Susannah is nevertheless dumbfounded when she finds herself aboard a spaceship, employed by creatures who look alarmingly like snails.

Drawing on the strength inherited from her snobby English mother and the gambling spirit of her Irish father, Susannah faces her challenges with spirit and humor. She finds those traits are not enough, however, when she is accused of a crime. Susannah has to discover her own strengths and overcome her prejudices to save herself.

Snail’s Pace is a quirky science fantasy, a “comedy of manners that is unlike any you've read” according to Lisa DuMond of SF Site.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Susan McDonough- Wachtman
• Release date: Jul 27, 2015
• ISBN: 9781310992728