Jake Nourth hunts for a missing topologist. Finding the academic is only the beginning of the latest weird in Meld as the city holds its own deepening secrets. Supported by official sanction, the Throat Cult gains strength and purpose. A mysterious sculpture under the cult's protection may hold the key to the scientist's disappearance and the danger facing Jake's city.
Goodreads anthologies also containing my work: AB Negative, Warrior Wisewoman 3, Body-Smith 401 and North of Infinity. Ares Magazine #1 has my short story "Neanderthal Sunset" (A.J. Onia).