To the humans, dwarves and elves who have lived there all their life, the city of Belladonna is the only world that exists. For as long as anyone can remember, the city and its surrounding countryside has been encircled by a vast ring of impenetrable darkness, a darkness that, every year, inches closer and closer to the city, consuming everything in its path. Attempts to pierce this darkness has only led to the disappearance of those who step beyond the circle of night. For Belladonna is a city where long ago the Sun vanished, ushering in an endless night and a devastating ice age. By all accounts, all life should have died out long ago, were it not for the advent of the Bido, a mysterious artificial star that simulates day and night and once again made life in Belladonna possible. But who (or what) created the Bido and set it in place above the city? And how long until its rays are extinguished by the slowly creepy, ever-expanding ring of darkness?
The elven spy known as Severin Feymarch doesn't bother himself with such speculations. Making a living as a thief of information, he prowls the borders of Belladonna's eternal twilight, its claustrophobic and twisting labyrinth of streets and towering apartment blocks, carrying out risky data heists for clients who can afford his illegal services. But Severin soon finds himself getting drawn into a vast conspiracy which will not only expose him to the sinister past of Belladonna, but also to what lies behind the outer dark, and how it came to be...
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