The giant stone block of Vaile Max prison stands on the Karnish plains. Impregnable and escape-proof.Prisoner Cole Dugald waits, release imminent. He wants no trouble.But when authorities demand help from investigator Flis Kupe, trouble looms. For everyone.On a collision course with deadly psychopaths, Cole and Flis must team up to survive.A Karnish River Navigations novel that expands the world with unexpected revelations. Sean Monaghan is the author of more than one hundred stories, in print, online, on broadcast radio and podcast. His stories include "Concentration" in Landfall, and "The Molenstraat Music Festival" in Asimovs. He was the Grand Prize winner in the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his story "Low Arc" Battle weary after years of interstellar war, Flis Kupe returns home to the quiet peaceful Karnish canal lands on Paulding, her home world. Turns out, times change. The turmoil of pirates, brigands and low lives shatters the peace. All too often.
