Novelette. The city of Pald was once, briefly, a free human city, but it is free no longer. But humans still live and work there, doing their best to hold on to their livelihoods.
Zed owns and runs the most exclusive brothel in the Foreign Quarter, but as the grandson of an immigrant, he remains a second-class citizen. Worse, it appears that men of wealth and influence are scheming to have him hung and seize his business. How can he protect himself when raising his hand against a native Paldan means certain death?
Novelette. The city of Pald was once, briefly, a free human city, but it is free no longer. But humans still live and work there, doing their best to hold on to their livelihoods.
Zed owns and runs the most exclusive brothel in the Foreign Quarter, but as the grandson of an immigrant, he remains a second-class citizen. Worse, it appears that men of wealth and influence are scheming to have him hung and seize his business. How can he protect himself when raising his hand against a native Paldan means certain death?