Myths older than most of the Kayavan System's settled worlds warn that when the Kayavan comet appears, storms would upset the Lighten landscape--both the literal kind and the whatever-can-go-wrong-will variety.
Though some ignored the myths, firsthand experience convinced Piers Phalen they were true. As crack pilot and security specialist for one of the most important men on Lighten, Mining Guild Master Brels, Phalen was prepared for storms, though.
At least he thought he was.
Warning the Guild Master about in-house security concerns should have been a simple conversation. One and done. But it got him noticed and assigned to the Guild Master's pet project.What should have been a simple flight unravels into a tangle of danger, unexpected betrayal, and budding political intrigue destined to change the future of the entire Kayavan System. A storm worthy of Kayavan's Rising.
