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

“I’ve been insisting for a while now that we use the epimeliad for such functions as this, but, well, your father disagrees, ma’am.”


Of course he disagrees, Luna thought darkly, using the more recently fashioned epimeliad would be tantamount to accepting advice from someone other than himself, not to mention his strange obsession with keeping the meows in circulation. Whilst there were many types of homunculi who could perform the same tasks as the meows with a far greater degree of success, her father seemed determined to keep the ugly, brutish creatures at the forefront of the company’s profile.


“Yes,” she gurgled, unable to find the strength to express much more.


“So,” Seymour said over the radio, “now that you’re down there, what do you want to do?”


“I want you to stop this,” Eirian read, “I want you to stop bringing me back, I want you to let me stay dead.”


“You’re selfish,” she protested, tears stinging her eyes.


Chapter 23