Above, us, in the dark shadows of the outer solar system, there is the shape of something unknown, something unspeakable. It waits, it bides its time, and as the days of summer grow longer, so does its voice grow louder.<br><br>On the quiet island of Sarah Ann in the Pacific Ocean, home of the renowned Firmament Foundation, awkward teenager Eirian Calohan has come in search of the mystery of their father's recent demise. Instead, they are confronted with the stark contrast between languid life on the tiny island and an unspeakable cosmic horror.<br><br>Together with their new friends, they set out to unravel the truth surrounding the death of their father and to also uncover just what it is that the Foundation has reached out to in the dark eternal night of the distant void.

All Cats Are Beautiful

“One on one,” she beamed, “mano-a-mano.”


Was this bullying, Eirian thought; were they being bullied?


“Oh, in that case, that magcat of yours can fight my Penelope, then.”


“Sure.” She paused, looked confused. “Don’t they do that where you’re from?”


Eirian blushed. It would have been nice to say one way or another whether people battled homunculi where they were from but they had no real idea; it would have been nice to say that they had friends where they were from, but that, they thought sadly, would have been a lie.


Mauve shrugged, withdrawing her arm as they reached the school gates.


Chapter 9