Fortune's Fallen

After taking the fall treason, Gideon Quinn discovers that there's more to life in prison than he bargained for.

Say, for instance, death in prison.*

Six years before facilitating his way through Nike City, Gideon Quinn enters the Morton Barrens looking forward to little more than a life of hard labor, harvesting the volatile crystal that fuels the colonies.

Expecting little more than long, suns-blasted days followed by longer, ghost-filled nights, he's caught off guard by the unlikely bonds he forms with fellow inmates. There's Nyal, whose open-hearted optimism defies the bleakness of their surroundings. Doc, a quiet intellectual with a bedside manner as dry as the Barrens, and Cleo, whose vibrant personality brings a spark of light to the darkness. Alongside a host of other prisoners, and even a few guards, Gideon learns that even in the harshest conditions, humans will find ways to build community and connection.

But not all bonds are welcome. When Gideon crosses paths with Renny Boucher-a convicted murderer with a long memory and a hunger for vengeance-he realizes that his life sentence may be shorter than he anticipated.

In a world where survival means more than just staying alive, Gideon must navigate treacherous waters, discovering unexpected allies and deadly enemies in the most unforgiving of places.

Welcome to the Morton Barrens, where the suns are implacable, the food a joke, and the past unforgiving.

*Fortune's Fallen was previously published as The Longest Shard