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

“Knowledge,” the creature replied, “understanding.”


Again, it lifted the tendrils to the surface of the cage, fleshy knots oozing some kind of fluid that the Foundation had yet to analyse fully, the wet slap of flesh on plastic.


“This body is unsuitable,” it said. “I wish for more flesh.”


“Bring me another body, something to augment this one with.” The eyes rolled about in its face, and again it tilted its massive head. “You have a similar makeup. You are an ancestor of this one?”


Doc Labyrinth forced himself to look ahead, to keep staring at the creature in my cage.


“Oh.” The lips twitched. “Does it upset you?”


He said nothing, and yet, regardless, the creature seemed to understand eventually.


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