Immerse yourself in the captivating sequel to Helio Tropez, a visionary tour de force of science fantasy.

Beneath Mount Rainier, Helio Tropez glitters like a city dreamed into being — with a crystal technology older than history. Tia Violetta-Zuris has just pulled off the impossible: rescuing two family members from the surface of Earth where a rogue planetary intelligence has been hunting her bloodline for generations. The city hails her as a hero.

But paradise has a shadow, and it is stirring. One member of the Coaching Task Force insists the mission went too smoothly — that SIM doesn't lose, it retreats and waits. The last family member s still missing: Tia's mother, without whom the five-woman bloodline can never open the bridge to ascension. And something in Tia's own homecoming feels less like a victory than an opening.

What was once a sanctuary of light is about to become Oscuro Tropez — its beauty inverted, its people unrecognisable — and Tia and her father may be the only ones who can drag it back from the dark.