In Xypha's Shadow

What price would you pay to be yourself? The frontier planet Celestine, millennia from now. Two months after the events of In the Valley, A Shadow, Alix and her crew are in hiding from the menacing Xypha Corporation. As the crew works to repair her ship, the Shadow, outside a remote mining town, demons from her past are on the hunt, seeking revenge. Jailed by the local lawman, Alix hatches a reckless plan to escape and return home to the Isidis Valley. There, she comes face-to-face with the bloody consequences of her actions. Facing down the man who raised her, Alix must reckon with the woman she's become. Can she save the people and planet she loves, or will her lust for violence drag them deeper beneath Xypha's terrifying shadow?

An action-packed sci-fi western tale of revenge, love, and identity. The frontier planet Celestine, millennia from now. It was supposed to be the furthest Alix could get from the Xypha Corporation, that all-consuming entity at the heart of humanity's interstellar expansion. After the Xypha forward station arrives in orbit, Alix, a transgender pilot, finds herself out of work and her ship grounded. She'll do anything to pay off her mounting debts so she can fly again-even if it means killing for the meanest crime boss in the Isidis Valley. As Xypha's influence grows, Alix is trapped in a web of betrayal and politics that threatens more than just her life. Armed with a pair of Plasveld-7s, a sharp wit, and with the love of her life by her side, Alix embarks on a deadly path across the valley. Can she flee Xypha's creeping shadow, or is it time to stop running and stand her ground?