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

“Hello? Hello, Michael? Can you change the radio too?”


Gradual, reluctant acceptance filled his features.


“Thanks, Michael,” Mauve smiled, and sat back down.


She wished she could feel it, she wished could feel as carefree as she pretended. It was stupid. She knew Penelope had not been a real creature, she knew that, she knew that the epimeliad was basically just a computer and a fast-growing biological agent spawning out of the mechanism of the card, but still, in the short time she had known the creature, she had feltreal.


Sadly, she reached into the pocket of her dungarees and pulled out the card, its surface blank, pure white.


“Jesus, this is all really messed up,” she murmured.


Michael arrived, placing down a cardboard box of salad. He looked hesitantly at the unwrapped cheeseburger.


“Treat yourself, Michael,” Mauve said, forcing a smile to her lips.


He sighed and retrieved the uneaten food for disposal.


Chapter 58