The daughter of a wealthy baron, Kanna Rava has enjoyed privilege far beyond that of most of her impoverished countrymen. Torn abruptly from that life by a twist of fate–and politics–she finds herself sold into slavery by the central government and thrust into the hands of Goda Brahm, the cold and mysterious woman who is tasked with escorting her to her new master.
Barely over the culture shock of being dragged to the other side of the continent, into a world where women marry other women and a class of priestesses are worshiped like gods, Kanna slowly discovers both the hidden conspiracy that led to her enslavement and the terrible secret that lies behind Goda’s icy demeanor.
An allegory about the mental constructs that enslave us and our liberation through metamorphosis.
Goda’s Slave is currently in progress. What you see below is the second draft, with the ending not yet written. (However, regardless of draft, the plot remains the same as originally written, with changes that do not affect the main flow of the story. If you were an early reader of the rough draft and are only just picking up the last chapters again, the story will still make sense.)
Table of Contents
Arc of Spirits
Chapter 1: Forty Paces of Freedom
Chapter 3: A Flower Named Death
Chapter 5: Womb of the Goddess
Chapter 9: She Who Wrestles With No One
Chapter 11: Belly of the Beast
Arc of Shackles
Chapter 13: Full of Kanna Rava
Chapter 16: An Accident Carved With Intention
Chapter 17: A Paradise of Strangers
Chapter 18: The Surfaceless Eye
Chapter 19: Forty-Nine Minutes
Chapter 20: The Dance of Monster and Prey
Chapter 22: The Dance of Master and Slave
Arc of Serpents
Chapter 25: Memories of the Future
Chapter 29: Two Million Paces of Resistance
Chapter 30: The Dance of Sleep and Wakefulness
Chapter 31: One Bite, One Taste
Arc of Spine Structure
Chapter 34: The Spiral Staircase
Chapter 37: A Crack in the Earth
Chapter 38: Heartbeat of the Middleland
Chapter 39: Falling Into the Roots
Arc of Samma Flower
Chapter 41: The Dance of Kanna and Goda
Chapter 42: Mahara’s Death and Rebirth
Chpater 43: One Hundred Midwives
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