Dundy in the City of Schist

One last night in Reyaad, the city of Schist, for Dundy, a down-on-his-luck former thief who wants to acquire a personal treasure before he heads north. Is it the Black Box that he's looking for, or the woman who holds it?

And what about these rumors? Diseased death ships anchored a mile from shore, and weirlings in the night? Shirl has always held Dundy's heart in her hands, but she might just hold the secret to a terrible fate set to befall all of Atlas.

This short story introduces the reader to one small man in a big city, and a world on the brink of enormous change.