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Everyone has secrets, some more than others. Megan Stiles has a big one. An impromptu trip to her childhood home brings it all back in a rush of danger. On Seaward Island, the monsters are real, and they are coming for her. She’s got to reconcile her family’s past with her new reality. Her inheritance is more than just money. An old love, a new love, a powerful family, and underworld politics threaten to consume her.

People struggle to find their place in the reality they've created by spreading out into the universe. In space, every choice you make matters. There is no safety for the forgotten children on the last stop before Pluto. The Gentlemen scheme to carve up commerce. Pirates hunt the roads through space. And everywhere, the common man tries to find a way for self and family.

Caught in a scandal with Lord Arle that draws the attention of King Harald’s Inquisition, Shenagh is forced to flee her home into the Dark Wood. The young hedge witch, pursued by Master Macon den Lough and his henchman, Cobb, is tested by the forest’s rugged terrain, dangerous predators, and legendary monsters.

Purpose defines us. It will define the people we leave behind when we are gone. We are children playing with the powers of a god. Our creations will be as flawed as their creators. The gift of intellect comes with doubt. In the not-too-distant future, tools will become beings in their own right. Factory floors will be the womb of an entire people. Androids will struggle to exist alongside the lesser gods who created them, even as they surpass us. These stories explore that struggle.