Snail's Pace

A young woman in 1884
doesn't have many options …
But Susannah did not expect
to be tutoring an alien snail child
while aboard a ship sailing in space …
Who will get the real education?

Orphaned and penniless in Hong Kong in 1884 — what's a young gentlewoman to do?

Impulsive, adventurous, and self-confident, Susannah accepts an offer to become the governess to a young foreigner on a ship. She does not expect the ship to be in space, or the foreign child to be an alien who looks like a giant snail....