Low Dawn

A steamy queer romance on an alien world. A story of hidden histories, shattered destinies, and Really Big Animals.

Fiyeli has a pretty good life on the ringed moon Sleipnir. He has friends all over, and even a few casual lovers, if not the belonging and devotion his heart has never stopped seeking.

He's made a career of sorts out of crossing the treacherous Sea of Glass, carrying messages and guiding travelers through the massive impact crater separating the northern and southern forests. Escorting a girl prince and a boy princess on their betrothal caravan to the western sea should be a similar job, just bigger (a lot bigger).

But when a chance encounter with a remnant of the tyrannical Kingdom of Heaven forces him deeper beneath the surface of Sleipnir than he's ever gone before, what he discovers there will upend the life he's built, and the secrets he built it on...

(Approximate length: 60,000 words)