Exposition picks up immediately following the previous installment, "Rescue," and follows Aileen's quest to prove to the powers that be that she is the true princess and heir to the throne of Valdria. Along the way, she encounters resistance, political maneuvering, a traitor, an assassination attempt, and discovers those who are truly loyal to her cause.
The identity of the princess has been revealed. Princess Aileen and her team have been taken to their home world of Valdria. However, one of their number was taken captive by a Trae-Shan assault team. They have determined her location and Aileen orders a rescue mission against the protests of those charged with her protection. They embark on the mission, but they will not be alone once they reach the location where the prisoner is being held.
Development begins immediately following the conclusion of the previous installment, Exposition. The Princess has gained the authority necessary and has learned that the Trae-Shan has constructed a powerful new ship. By dividing her team into two squads, Shadow and Lumen, they will attack the facility where the prototype of this new ship has been constructed to steal both the ship and the plans.
The final installment of the Princess Agenda takes the team, now known as Shadow Squad, into direct conflict with the Trae-Shan forces. Princess Aileen leads them to Tritia Prime, the Trae-Shan homeworld, where a truth is revealed and a solution is presented, but it's not the solution either side had planned.
Loretta Fowler offers a new perspective on Native American politics by examining how power on multiple levels infuses the everyday lives and consciousness of the Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples of Oklahoma. Cheyennes and Arapahos today energetically pursue a variety of commercial enterprises, including gaming and developing retail businesses, and they operate a multitude of social programs. Such revitalization and economic mobilization, however, have not unambiguously produced greater tribal sovereignty. Tribal members challenge and often work vigorously to undermine their tribal government's efforts to strengthen the tribe as an independent political, economic, and cultural entity; at the same time, political consensus and tribal unity are continually recognized and promoted in powwows and dances. Why is there conflict in one sphere of Cheyenne-Arapaho politics and cooperation in the other? The key to the dynamics of current community life, Fowler contends, is found in the complicated relationship between the colonizer and the colonized that emerges in Fourth World or postcolonial settings. For over a century the lives of Cheyennes and Arapahos have been affected simultaneously by forces of resistance and domination. These circumstances are reflected in their constructions of history. Cheyennes and Arapahos accommodate an ideology that buttresses social forms of domination and helps mold experiences and perceptions. They also selectively recognize and resist such domination. Drawing upon a decade of fieldwork and archival research, Tribal Sovereignty and the Historical Imagination provides an insightful and provocative analysis of how Cheyenne and Arapaho constructions of history influence tribal politics today.
