The award-winning Children of Alpheios Series is back with a breath-taking sequel!

Alina DeHerte thought she escaped Alpheios, the genetically engineered city on planet Eamine. After rescuing her son from its corrupt rulers, she built a fresh life with her fiancé in a peaceful, remote sanctuary.

Yet when her mother is struck ill, Alina's fragile illusion of peace shatters. Returning to Alpheios means facing deadly threats from a city in peril. Determined to keep power, the regime jeopardizes the lives of its citizens as winter closes in. Alina knows what time she has is limited. Out of options, she turns to an old ally she has long avoided? the Guardian officer who fathered her son.

To save her mother, Alina must grapple with the city's dark secrets and her own past. Can she find the answers she seeks before the snowstorms hit? Or will the plunging temperatures ice out the spark of hope?

N.N. Light Book Heavan 2025 Awards Finalist for Dystopian