“Go Deeper,” They Said. “Look Closer.”

Pleo Tanza is a survivor. Her father was broken by tragedy, her twin sister is dead—chewed up and spat out by the corruption and injustice of Chatoyance—but she’s going to make it, whatever it takes. She’s going to get off this rock.

But escape is for the rich or lucky. Pleo’s framed for the murder of a rival student—the daughter of one of the colony’s wealthy, squabbling clans—and goes on the run, setting off a chain events that could destroy the fragile balance of the old colony forever…

A bold and clever political thriller science fiction debut. Pleo Tanza is an outcast, even among the struggling masses on Chatoyance, the once-great space colony she calls home. When Pleo is unjustly accused of murdering the only daughter of a powerful industrial family, she's thrown into a desperate race to clear her name.

“Liquid Crystal Nightingale is an ambitious and complex debut… with a deeply realised world and an utterly unique tone.” -- The British Fantasy Society