Melt

Because of their notable achievements, Rist and Rusk have earned their new "man-names" of Thist and Thusk. They each have earned important positions in the Sisterdom of ShadowFall, but find themselves having to import and train their countrymen to help defend the Princess of ShadowFall against an invasion from the army of a new Mother and her treacherous chief priest. They prevail, but at a cost to themselves and others. Meanwhile, on the Moon, a strange child named Mien falls into a tunnel...