Good thing I’m not as helpless as I look. Perilous Waif is quite the tale The protagonist, Alice Long, is a 14 year old girl stuck in an orphanage in an all-female society, but escapes before being punished for hunting and eating animals in a society of vegans. Kidnappers, slavers, pirates and yakuza - no matter where I go, trouble always seems to find me. Chloe Hills, 7 hours ago Verified Nice and easy Nice and easy Carl N. Hoping to survive all the awful things that can happen to a girl on her own in space. Perilous Waif: Alice Long, Book 1 Audible Audiobook Unabridged E. William Brown Out of Stock Excellent Based on 1,119,319 reviews Verified Sometimes book condition can slip by Sometimes book condition can slip by and not meet what the condition truly is. Now I’m on the run, hoping against hope that the Matrons won’t try too hard to find me. What would they do, if they realized the Adjustments that were supposed to make me a meek little herd animal didn’t do anything? Then I messed up, and gave myself away. Even as a kid I knew not to trust the Matrons. I learned fast to downplay my abilities, keep my mouth shut and try to blend in. There were other kids with mods at the orphanage, but nothing like that. It all seemed perfectly natural at the time. Forty meters off the ground, watching ships thirty thousand kilometers overhead, with senses that could pick out radar pings and comm chatter as easily as the ships themselves. When I was little I used to climb up to the highest branches of the housetree at night, and watch the starships docking at the orbital stations high above. My name is Alice Long, and I’ve always known I was different.
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