Step IV

"Step IV" by Rosel George Brown is a science fiction tale that unfurls a drama of love, power, and sacrifice on a stage set among the stars. Juba, a woman from a world populated only by women, finds her carefully constructed world shaken when a Terran spaceman arrives. Tasked with seducing and manipulating him for the safety of her people, Juba begins to question everything she knows about men and the teachings of her matriarchal society. What starts as a mission evolves into a battle between duty and desire, as Juba wrestles with unexpected feelings for the spaceman. As the story races to its crushing end, pride, betrayal, and heartbreaking sacrifice converge, leaving the fate of Juba and her kind hanging precariously.