The Nightmare Faerie has usurped the throne. Elves, Humans, and rebel Faeries are struggling to resist this new king whose presence demands both terror and devotion, when an unlikely stowaway from Earth becomes the catalyst for action.
Human conflict is changing... And the AIs are taking sides Silvariah after escaping certain death on Mars, wants nothing more than a stable life on Earth, free from the trauma of the past. Lazarus Penn stands in her way. No device or tactic is beneath him as he fights to take possession of her and everything that belongs to her. From the courts of Guam City, the tourist haven floating in space...
A riches to rags adventure of a clever woman in a high-tech suit versus a hostile AI Exiled to the mines of Mars... Silvariah Frandelle, a clever business woman, falls from wealth and success into exile and poverty, indentured--barely one step above slavery--as an off-world laborer to escape prison. Her last calculated risk as a free woman, paid for with years of service, becomes the key to...