A new stand-alone novel from the acclaimed author of The Company and The Folding Knife.
Now, an uneasy peace exists on the island, between the colonists and the met\'O.
The plan was originally for the colonists to mine silver, but there turned out not to be any.
On this island, a colony was founded seventy years ago.
Gignomai is the youngest brother in the current generation of met\'Oc, a once-noble family exiled on an island for their role in a vaguely remembered civil war.
A new stand-alone novel from the acclaimed author of The Company and The Folding Knife