Science, truth, and conflict. When a woman’s genetic heritage sends rival factions to war, can she claim her autonomy and save her people?

The distant future. Hella Nazari’s heart aches. Heading to Earth after completing her cadet training on Titan, the twenty-one-year-old orphan has honed the piloting and combat skills needed to protect those she loves. But when a nuclear blast annihilates much of the planet, the devastated young soldier regains consciousness on a strange frozen world.

Struggling to survive the frigid tundra, she discovers a lone observatory only to realize its occupant is the terrorist behind the deadly attack. Her reality shifts when the eccentric scientist claims she’s the genetic clone of a long-dead religious icon, destined to serve as his pawn in eradicating more factions of the surviving population.

With a dark regime rising, can Hella escape to cross the galaxy and foil a catastrophic plot?

Sancta Femina is the thought-provoking first book in the science fiction series Legend of Asteria. If you like dauntless heroines, dark plots, and challenging concepts, then you’ll love Kathryn Combs’ double-edged tale.