On dying Mars, Kortha was once the greatest smith the red planet had ever known, a maker of wonders, until he forged something in his forge that shattered everything. Now, millennia later, the weapon has resurfaced, and the empires of space are willing to burn worlds to possess it. Haunted by what he created, Kortha must surface from exile and decide whether to let his creation fall into hands that would unleash devastation, or risk everything to undo the damage of his past. This is a story about the weight of creation, the possibility of redemption, and whether the things we build can ever be unmade. Fox writes with the muscular imagination of classic space opera, grounding cosmic conflict in one man's struggle to reclaim his soul. For readers who crave adventure with philosophical depth, and for anyone who has ever wondered what they would do if their greatest work became their greatest mistake.
