The Great War is over The whole of the Five Suns Coalition can breathe easy for the first time in millennia. Not that it matters to Edward. He has more pressing matters to worry about. He's been offered a research position on a core world. There's just one problem, he's a lighter. He's going to have to get used to the strange customs of his new home - while it tries to crush him to death. If he can survive, all that's left is to solve a mystery that has stumped the brightest minds for generations, avoid the rising tensions within the Coalition, and keep his emotions in check around his boss' wife.