A Kiss for Damocles
The first novel in the "Tales from the Long Night"
A Kiss for Damocles follows the journey of Shaifennen Roehe, a young homesteader who is the right girl in the right place to serve as a catalyst in her world’s, and eventually, her civilization’s, restoration. She must adapt from merely struggling to survive in a harsh world as her simple homestead becomes a boomtown, and then the keystone of a restored colonial government.
Meanwhile, competing Townie politicians and merchant princes have other plans for Hesperides Colony’s future and take a very personal interest in her as she inadvertently kicks over a few of their apple carts. And all the while, sinister, hidden forces watch and calculate as a centuries-old shadow war comes to a head.
Shai’s universe is one filled with fallen empires, implacable war machines, lost civilizations, hostile xenos, the occasional ancient unspeakable horror, and she’s going to bring the ruckus to every corner of it.
The short stories published so far are mostly prequels, occurring years, even centuries, before A Kiss for Damocles. Shai appears in a number of them, and I’ll provide a list and timeline in a later post. This is the first novel in the main body of work I call the Tales from the Long Night.
The first serialized installment of "A Kiss for Damocles" is now live. There will be 3 installments, one per week. Then the complete novel will become available on June 20 or 21. At that time, the serialized portions will go off the market. You'll still have 'em if you bought 'em, but you won't be able to buy them individually, just the complete novel. The completed novel's going to have a bonus in the form of a short story, Though the Night Be Long.
Bought the book and read it in one sitting. Now looking for the next volume.
Congratulations. I am really happy for you.