Susanna wants Haven to retain its sovereignty and sees a British protectorate as its remaining option. She questions James about the arrangement while he asks about Haven's history and the Gift. Even Haven's scientists do not fully understand that transit phenomenon. The original colonists sent a probe through before risking their colony ship, attracted by the chance to move more than fifty light-years from Earth almost immediately. That gamble gave Haven time to establish an independent world. James now hopes to use the same route to prevent its leaders from bringing that independence to an end.
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Haven's sovereignty depends on a protectorate bargain
In Return to Haven, Susanna seeks a protectorate arrangement to preserve her world's sovereignty, while James explores the risky transit route that enabled its independence.