Everything ends at Beacon. Everything falls. Now Tersias and Mally have a chance to change that—if they can survive. Part II of the Beacon Saga.

What should be wondrous news has rocked the fleet, sparking suspicion and acts of desperation. Against a backdrop of escalating tension in the orbital layers, Mally contends with the growing jealousy of a barren people, while Tersias helps Shiplord Nastron assemble a special crew—from some of Beacon's most infamous aliens. But soon, terrible choices will be made in the name of preserving the peace, and a young family will find themselves torn from each other.

A serial installment of twelve thousand words, more than twice the length of Part I. Continue the Saga in Part III (fourteen thousand words).