Phthor

A young man and a woman from the planet Minion face violence and destruction on the subterranean world of Chthon in the bestselling author's early novel.
Phthor is the sequel to Chthon, less intricately structured and less complicated in plot, but still quite dark and ugly in theme and detail. Rather than flashbacks and flash-forwards, it has a Y outline, with the stem the initial story and the ends alternate futures, neither of which is acceptable to Aton's son Arlo. Arlo has his own encoun...