Now Tarver and Lilac must reconcile his memories of that fateful night with the truth that they uncovered on a mysterious planet after the Icarus crashed. Tarver still has nightmares about the night, six months before the Icarus crash, when he rescued a group of civilian researchers being held hostage by brutal mercenaries. The flashbacks are interspersed with a conversation about said incident which takes place after These Broken Stars, so this is almost a prequel but not quite. He and Lee escape the rebel base together, caught between two sides of a senseless war.Īvailable as a free e-book, this night so dark is a novella about an incident which happened to Tarver when he was posted on Patron, months before These Broken Stars. But as his fellow rebels prepare to execute this tough-talking girl with nerves of steel, Flynn makes another choice that will change him forever. But they never fulfilled their promise on Avon, and decades later, Flynn is leading the rebellion.ĭesperate for any advantage in a bloody and unrelentingly war, Flynn does the only thing that makes sense when he and Lee cross paths: he returns to base with her as prisoner. Terraforming corporations make their fortune by recruiting colonists to make the inhospitable planets livable, with the promise of a better life for their children. Lee is captain of the forces sent to Avon to crush the terraformed planet's rebellious colonists, but she has her own reasons for hating the insurgents. Jubilee Chase and Flynn Cormac should never have met. But they won’t be the same people who landed on it. Lilac and Tarver may find a way off this planet. Without the hope of a future together in their own world, they begin to wonder-would they be better off staying here forever?Įverything changes when they uncover the truth behind the chilling whispers that haunt their every step.

Then, against all odds, Lilac and Tarver find a strange blessing in the tragedy that has thrown them into each other’s arms.

But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they’re worth. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. It's a night like any other on board the Icarus.

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