Annin's Bargain

In a struggle against fierce ocean tides driven by two moons and channeled into icy fjords, the humans of Fenria have developed a matriarchal clan system with three classes: fishermen, craftswomen, and Seaguard-cyborgs who serve the tide and the planet-wide AI network. Those who don't conform-the clanless, indigents, and rebels-lead a liminal existence of extreme danger on perilous seas.

Among the rebels are Annin and her brother, Seaguardsman Teakh. The product of an exploitative and failed...