Highwayman of the Void

Steve Nolan should have been dead, burned out in space after a botched prison break, but he returns to the frozen plains of Pluto with a single mission: reach Port Avalon. The icy landscape is a maze of phosphorescent markers, crystal seas, and strange crab‑like crawlers that force him to stay hyper‑aware. As he trudges toward the distant lights of Avalon, the memory of his former enemy, Alan Woller, looms like a ghost from a trial that condemned him.

Along the trail he encounters a stalled skimmer, its battered hull offering a reluctant ride deeper into the unknown. Inside, a disembodied voice asks who he is, and Nolan must bluff his way past a system that barely works, buying precious time to outpace the forces that want him dead. The tension between survival, old grudges, and the promise of a new shipping empire hints at a larger conspiracy that will test his resolve before the journey even reaches Avalon.