Moon of Treason

Clyde Vickers steps off a cramped gangplank onto Luna City’s bustling airlock, a parolee marked by the Interplanetary Security Patrol and haunted by his reputation as a mutant outcast. His strange, nictitating eyes set him apart, drawing suspicion and whispered fear from the crowd, while the cold breath of a departing spaceliner chills the thin lunar air around him. Bound by a strict parole that forces him back into the moon’s deep‑pit mines, Vickers must navigate a world that treats him as both a dangerous weapon and a disposable laborer.

Beneath his hardened exterior, however, a restless curiosity flickers. The city’s humming infrastructure, the scent of artificially recreated Earth, and the rumble of mining worms awaken a yearning for connection and purpose. As he confronts the daily indignities of a society that refuses to see past his mutation, Vickers begins to glimpse the thin line between survival and the chance for something more—if only he can find a way to step beyond the shadows of his past.