A Fire in Arcadia I: Kindling

by Warren Ockrassa

Before it was Delphos, the world known as Arcadia was a frontier planet, only opened for colonization a few dozens of decades previous. Amid its trunks there is a kindle glowing, a flare of conflict, of strife, of war; and within its glades another glow, the kindling of hearts together. Beneath the canopy the Resistance battles the Academy of Protection, reviled by the very civilians it defends, and drug-damaged prostitutes do anything - with anyone - to feed their addictions. A boy comes of age as he discovers the terrible secret that is eating the heart of his closest friend, learning the meaning of responsibility, loyalty - and sacrifice. Hidden in the leaves, triumphs and tragedies play and Arcadia, slowly, begins to burn.

524 pages, Paperback