Blind Man's Lantern

An Amish farmer steps off a colony ship onto an alien world, plow and seed in hand, and finds that kindness isn't enough to bridge the stars. Aaron Stoltzfoos has left his Pennsylvania farm for Murna, a distant world where he hopes to till fresh earth and live simply as God intends. But the Murnans have their own way of living with the land, their own taboos, their own definition of what's sacred. When Aaron's earnest desire to share his knowledge inadvertently crosses a line he didn't know existed, he discovers that respect isn't just about intention, it's about understanding. This is a quiet, aching story about what happens when a man who believes he's doing right must reckon with the possibility that he's been blind all along. The prose has the gentle gravity of folklore, and its conclusion carries the weight of genuine humility.