The Reso star system haunts Captain Aliyn Flynn's dreams. Sent on a high-risk mission to uncover its secrets, she and the enigmatic Tyr Logan must find the truth before it's too late for the galaxy. *** Across the Milky Way, the Reso system is feared. Its gas giant, Plenare, destroys any ship that ventures too close. After a narrow escape from Reso, Aliyn Flynn and her crew draw the attention of Earth's government---and are thrust into a mission to uncover what lies within it. Complicating everything is Tyr Logan, her newly assigned executive officer-brilliant, guarded, and impossible to ignore. To uncover the truth, they must decipher a secret buried deep in the past---one that could reshape everything they know--and determine the fate of everything they hold dear. [[Word count: 100,000-150,000 words]] Content warning: Violence Watty Winner 2017

*TNT Horror Contest Top 35 finalist* My sincere thanks to everyone who read, commented, voted! In August, 1888, two catastrophic fires ravaged London all day and all night. A chance meeting of strangers on the banks of the Thames sparks a different sort of flame that burns for centuries, making one man the most famous killer in the world.