Great Succession Crisis

"Computer, begin recording and transmit to coordinates 23978 by 29458 by 5492," commanded the strong, 58.6723 cun tall royal from her palace office. "This is Queen Anyu to my friends and loyal allies throughout the known universe. My greatest apologies for not writing sooner. Many of you know of some of my adventures during my exile. Few of you know what happened after I returned home nor of the history behind my story. Forgive me for my many deceits during my exile. If I had revealed my true identity my life most certainly would have been in greater peril than it ended up being."Much has happened to me since my return home. Much remains to be done. But one thing is for certain: with hard work and determination we shall rebuild and restore the beauty of Beinan to its former glory. The road is long and hard. But now I have ascended to my mother's throne, I have little doubt the lessons of my exile will serve my people well."That is the future. The past still remains veiled. Forgive me for this and allow me to tell you the full story of my people. Understand that the deceit that kept this story from you before truly was necessary to preserve my life. Fault me not for wishing to neither perish from the differences in our biology nor from the threats from home that inevitably came to destroy me. Here, now, I shall tell you all." ----------Young Princess Anlei always expected to be queen after her mother. But when the Great Council of Houses upholds an ancient law forbidding daughters of sovereign queens from assuming the throne, Princess Anlei finds herself in a personal crisis. Who she marries now will dictate the fate of her Gurun dynasty. Will politics -- or love -- win in this chess game of competing noble houses? And what of Lord Corann, her grandmother's protégé, who has secretly loved her for yen-ars? The fate of a planet is at stake in "The Great Succession Crisis."Book One of the "Peers of Beinan" political science fiction trilogy. Includes supplementary data files, plus the bonus short story "The First King" and chapter one of book two, "Ghosts of the Past."