After having been betrayed, the surviving members of the
Clan fled the Trade Pact for Cersi, a world they believe
to be their long-lost home. They are accompanied by a lone
alien, the human Jason Morgan, the Chosen of their leader,
Sira di Sarc. When Cersi proves deadly, they are forced to
flee again, this time in a starship mysteriously powered
by the M’hir, heading on a course the Clan didn’t set.
They land on Brightfall, which seems to be the answer to
their hopes: a world full of their kind, and a world,
moreover, of peace and advanced technology. Although
Morgan makes the inhabitants uneasy, they embrace Sira and
her people. But Brightfall is a world with a secret.
Buried beneath its surface, quiescent and almost
forgotten, is the planet-spanning capital of the Hoveny
Concentrix-a city and technology that’s been waiting for
the return of those sent to Cersi. A city ready to wake.