RETURN TO THE MEAN STREETS OF AUTUMN
Valerius Bakhoum is dead and buried.
Too bad hes still flat broke and behind on the rent.
Unsure what to do with himselfand of who he isValerius resumes his career as a detective by taking up the oldest case in his files: where do the children go?
Throughout his own youth on the streets of Autumn, last of the Great Flying Cities, Valerius knew his fellow runaways disappeared from back alleys and other hiding places more than anyone realized. Street kids even had a myth to explain it: the Gotchas, who steal urchins away in the night.
With nothing but time on his hands, Valerius dives in head-first to settle the question once and for all and runs smack into a more pressing mystery: who killed one of Valerius former lovers?
And do they know Valerius is still alive?
Stalk the shadows of Autumns hidden places by Valerius Bakhoums side as he shines a light on secrets both sacred and profane, ones with shockingly personal connections to who he wasand who he might become.
New Life in Autumn is the sequel to the Manly Wade Wellman Award-winning A Fall in Autumn.
Genre: Science Fiction
Valerius Bakhoum is dead and buried.
Too bad hes still flat broke and behind on the rent.
Unsure what to do with himselfand of who he isValerius resumes his career as a detective by taking up the oldest case in his files: where do the children go?
Throughout his own youth on the streets of Autumn, last of the Great Flying Cities, Valerius knew his fellow runaways disappeared from back alleys and other hiding places more than anyone realized. Street kids even had a myth to explain it: the Gotchas, who steal urchins away in the night.
With nothing but time on his hands, Valerius dives in head-first to settle the question once and for all and runs smack into a more pressing mystery: who killed one of Valerius former lovers?
And do they know Valerius is still alive?
Stalk the shadows of Autumns hidden places by Valerius Bakhoums side as he shines a light on secrets both sacred and profane, ones with shockingly personal connections to who he wasand who he might become.
New Life in Autumn is the sequel to the Manly Wade Wellman Award-winning A Fall in Autumn.
Genre: Science Fiction
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