Ensign Harris McMillan needs a fresh start. And to get away from his ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be the captain of the spaceship he's currently assigned to. So he signs up to help start a colony on a planet so far away that the trip takes 700 years even at warp speeds. Treeha is an Argillan princess and general, a leader in her people's generational conflict against their sworn enemy. Her mother wants her to retire from duty and start a family, but she likes her life as it is. Then Harris picks Treeha's soulflower, forging a psychic connection between them and altering both of their futures forever. Swimming in Uncharted Waters is a space opera novella about destined love, trident fights, and the power of friendship.