The past hunts down Miguel de Ruyter. Fleeing the Wolves—inventoried machines of xenocide known as the Inhibitors—he protects his family from attacks for forty years, hiding in the caves of an airless, ruined world called “Michael’s Day.”
The slightest sign of people’s presence can attract the Wolves to their home, which will then be finally wiped out along with its inhabitants. So Miguel is forced to solve the problem of destroying a passing ship before it can draw unwanted attention to them.
Unfortunately, this solution is imperfect, and afterward the only survivor is found—someone who knows far more about Miguel than she’s willing to say…