Time to Read: about 45 minutes
Baedo has spent his entire life as a slave on a small planet in the outer reaches of the empire. But the birth of his daughter inspires him to run for her freedom, and perhaps the freedom of the galaxy.
Lost Colony is a quarterly magazine of masterfully crafted mid-length (10,000 to 25,000 words) science fiction and fantasy in all of their varieties. This ebook edition includes an Editor’s Note in which the editor explains why this story was chosen for publication.
Jonathan Sherwood has written about science and scientists for research universities for more than two decades, and science fiction for even longer. He holds a bachelors in science writing from Cornell University and an MA in English from the University of Rochester. His fiction has appeared in Asimov’s, Analog, and others, and he is currently finishing his first novel.