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Cobalt Balski has been serving his
sentence alone on the prison moon for over two years. Starved for
human contact, aside from his supply drop every 38 days, he spends
his days checking for activity from the one source of
communication he has—a radio. Bored, he starts scanning through
the channels and calling out, desperate for signs of life, when he
gets a response.
Anyone
caught speaking out against the Coalition was made an example of
and punished, and since Valerie Shimmins is one of the leaders of
the CAC, the anti-coalition group, it’s no surprise she also ended
up sentenced to one of the prison moons.
She's shocked
to hear another prisoner calling out on the radio. During their
frequent communications, the two begin noticing too many
similarities in their circumstances, and questions arise. Could
they be closer than they thought?
When the supply drops start
getting further apart, the news they receive about Earth is also
concerning. The Coalition is in hiding, and Cobalt and Val figure
it’s only a matter of time before the shipments stop altogether.
The CAC needs leaders for a
revolution, to prove the Coalition are liars and manipulators, and
to take down the oppressors once and for all.
Cobalt and Val are willing to put their lives on the line
for that cause.
But first they have to find their way off the moon
before they’re forgotten and left for dead.
Warning! Contains peach cobbler, a geographical
screw-up, skin-shredding storms, a giant lemon cough drop, a chair
leg, viable
theories, a life prison sentence, baby nightlights, and two people
determined to reclaim their lives and their hope for a future with
each other. |