Chalwen is bodyguard to the Emperor’s nine-year-old son, heir to the throne. But when she suspects treachery inside the palace her superiors dismiss her warnings. Then the Emperor is assassinated. Chalwen must solve the murder to prevent the ensuing conflict from descending into full scale interstellar war.
Trapped in the lengthening nights of Elysium. Abandoned by the last convoy south. Alone with her teenage son. Anna never thought she would die this way, but a fight for survival becomes a battle for the future of the entire colony.