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Humanity found the Refinery. It was a massive mobile space station that had the power to terraform planets into livable worlds. Thus, the three planets, Primus, Oasis, and Arconite were forged and colonized around the Emerald Star, a solar system far from earth.
When colonists revolted against their governing power, Primus turned the Refinery against its purpose. It became a weapon, used to terrifying effect on Arconite.
On Arconite, planet destroyed by the fires of war the only rule is survival. Erika Niels had no advantage, no help, only her wits and the aim of her weapon to last in this savage society. She takes the name of headhunter in the mercenary bounty hunter force that polices the desolate planet. She has a dream of one day buying her way to one of the verdant, wealthy planers, Oasis, or Primus.
Harolde's mother was responsible for the calamity that forged Arconite into what is is today. And she paid a terrible price for it. Harolde lives with her on Primus, in a dazzling city of bustle and lights on the surface, with a cesspool of corruption and overpopulation beneath. Harolde seeks to right his mothers wrong, rebuild the Refinery, and fix Arconite. But someone with motives for death, and revenge, has set his sights on the young genius.
Erika and Harolde find themselves thrown together in a fight for their lives, and their souls. Ideals once written in stone must be changed, and abandoned as the both are forced to reconsider what they will sacrifice to survive.
This is an unfinished draft, currently work in progress. All cover art used with permission by @rendelladaisy on Instagram