Lorcan had long expected to be called into a meeting with his uncles and be given ‘the talk’. “It was time for him to take a wife,” he expected to hear. “What kind do you want?”
What he got from the meeting was… rather different.
Two For
Two For is a science fiction story set on some colony in space in the distant future…
The Janleen clan dominates human space through unity, discipline, and strict generational contracts: every marriage must produce six children—two for the Army, two for the Navy, two for the clan—while advancing family fortunes through carefully negotiated “exchanges.” A marriage proposal is no simple pledge of love, but a legally binding document outlining obligations, allowances, offspring quotas, and even fertility expectations.
This story follows the coming of age of three members of that clan, as they navigate marriage, clan expectations, and the deadly fight against the aliens: Lorcan, a shy middle class boy who volunteers for a deadly army job, Andreina: the lower class girl whose financially successful marriage proposal ends up catapulting her into a class change and that same deadly army job, and Gaspard: A spoiled rich young man, who gets a beautiful wife, a cush navy job (or so he thought), and finds himself in deadly trouble.
Thank you for reading Von’s Substack. I would love it if you commented! I love hearing from readers, especially critical comments. I would love to start more letter exchanges, so if there’s a subject you’re interested in, get writing and tag me!
Being ‘restacked’ and mentioned in ‘notes’ is very important for lesser-known stacks so… feel free! I’m semi-retired and write as a ministry (and for fun) so you don’t need to feel guilty you aren’t paying for anything, but if you enjoy my writing (even if you dramatically disagree with it), then restack, please! Or mention me in one of your own posts.
If I don’t write you back it is almost certain that I didn’t see it, so please feel free to comment and link to your post. Or if you just think I would be interested in your post!
If you get lost, check out my ‘Table of Contents’ which I try to keep up to date.
Thanks again, God Bless, Soli Deo gloria,
Von
