In a solar system where the year lasts only four days, life is defined by extremes. For the twenty thousand colonists of Port Sandor, existence is a grueling cycle of blistering heat under a relentless sun and bone-chilling darkness that threatens to freeze the very air. Here, on the edge of the galaxy, there is no law but the strength of one’s own hand, and no currency more precious than tallow-wax.
Seventeen-year-old Walter Boyd is a cub reporter for the Port Sandor Times, accustomed to the grit and grime of frontier journalism. He’s used to tracking monster hunters, documenting political scandals, and dodging the heavy-handed tactics of local racketeers. But when a famous Terran author arrives on a routine supply ship, Walt realizes the real story isn’t in the headlines ... it’s hidden in the shadows.