Thralls of the Endless Night

Generations ago, a ship crash-landed on a world of perpetual darkness. Now the descendants of the Officers, the Captain, and the common Hans have formed a rigid tribe, their hierarchies as fixed as the stars they can no longer see. Beneath the endless night sky, they scrape out a desperate existence, ruled by the remnants of a command structure that has long since lost all meaning. But they are not alone. The Piruts dwell in the shadows near the ancient wreck, and their true nature and intentions remain a terrifying mystery. When secrets from the old world begin to surface, the fragile order of this doomed colony faces its greatest challenge yet. Brackett weaves a tale of survival, social decay, and first contact that feels disturbingly prescient: what happens to civilization when it loses everything but the structures of the past? The answer is as unsettling as it is unforgettable.