, ▁but ▁is ▁captured ▁and ▁taken ▁to ▁an ▁old ▁slave ▁estate . ▁There , ▁he ▁is ▁tort ured ▁by ▁government ▁agents , ▁and ▁be fri ends ▁the ▁few ▁women ▁slaves ▁who ▁remain . ▁ ▁As ▁with ▁the ▁stories ▁of ▁the ▁linked ▁story ▁suite , ▁" Old ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁S lave ▁Women " ▁exam ines ▁them es ▁related ▁to ▁revolution ▁and ▁reconst ruction ▁in ▁slave ▁society . ▁It ▁expl ores ▁the ▁consequences ▁of ▁war ▁and ▁responses ▁to ▁violence , ▁and ▁suggests ▁that ▁cultural ▁change ▁is ▁a ▁grad ual ▁process . ▁The ▁story ▁was ▁posit ively ▁received . ▁While ▁the ▁length ▁of ▁the ▁story ▁received ▁some ▁criticism , ▁review ers ▁pra ised ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁Es dan ▁and ▁Le ▁Gu in ' s ▁dep iction ▁of ▁the ▁culture ▁of ▁Wer el , ▁with ▁one ▁critic ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁" p ain fully ▁real , ▁at ▁once ▁beautiful ▁and ▁de pl or able ." ▁ ▁Setting ▁" Old ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁S lave ▁Women " ▁takes ▁place ▁in ▁the ▁fict ional ▁H ain ish ▁universe , ▁created ▁by ▁Le ▁Gu in . ▁In ▁the ▁alternative ▁history ▁of ▁this ▁universe , ▁human ▁be ings ▁did ▁not ▁evol ve ▁on ▁earth , ▁but ▁on ▁H ain . ▁The ▁people ▁of ▁H ain ▁colon ized ▁many ▁neighbor ing ▁planet ary ▁systems , ▁including ▁Earth ▁and ▁G eth en , ▁possibly ▁a ▁million ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁setting ▁of ▁the ▁nov els . ▁" Old ▁Music ▁and ▁the ▁S lave ▁Women " ▁is ▁set ▁in ▁a ▁planet ary ▁system ▁that