Synopsis: Tasting Stardust

Crowe Devanesque just wanted to ignore his ethnicity amongst his co-workers, and embrace it amongst his friends. Above all else, he wanted to be his own person with his own set of rules, duties, and expectations. But when the ship he works on is forced to doc for repairs on his home planet, the secret's out that he's Shetteranian. To make matters worse, a rumor about invaluable jewels found to the far north on Shetercaing has reached his captain, and the entire crew becomes frenzied with its finding. Being a native of the planet, Crowe is forced to lead.

But because he knows the planet, he knows they're walking into hostile territory. Beyond the Boundary of Midnight, where the planet's perpetual state of twilight abruptly ends into blazing sun, lies the Hanchm, an expansive wasteland filled with dangerous beasts. If the Hanchm doesn't finish them off, then the madness found within the distant swamp of Othingulla will. yet if only it was that simple. Along the way, Crowe begins to discover secrets he harbors but never knew, and dreams of stars and honey-coated whispers and songs begin to plague him in sleep. And now, for a reason tied in with the secrets he's not even aware of, someone has come to hunt him down.

Somewhere, bells are chiming, and midnight is yearning.