Ascent to the Sun

Three individuals. Two species. One campfire. And everything riding on what happens next.

When a human seed ship from a dying Earth crashes into the silva, it enters a world already claimed. The Waya are six-limbed beings with language, law, and long memories. The first thing the humans do is kill one of them. The fragile possibility of coexistence nearly ends before it begins.

Katan, an aging, glowjuice-addicted Waya, is sent to watch the survivors. Not to understand them. Not to trust the...