Born Under the Blazing Comet

Every­thing Luna has ever want­ed — home and fam­i­ly — has just gone up in flames. Still griev­ing the loss of every­thing dear to her, Luna is beck­oned by her canoe and the riv­er to start a new jour­ney. Alone, she search­es. For what? A new life?

The riv­er leads her to a vil­lage pro­claim­ing to be Sanc­tu­ary for the Exotics and for the Comet Born. Curi­ous because she was born when the blaz­ing comet flew over­head, she enters despite the warn­ings of dan­ger. There she meets the devi­ous Har­mo­nia and dis­cov­ers the sanc­tu­ary is not a sanc­tu­ary at all, but a prison for the comet-borns like Luna her­self.

After Luna escapes the sanc­tu­ary, she is deter­mined to save the impris­oned comet-borns so they won’t be sold to enrich Har­mo­nia. Putting her­self into harm’s way, she saves the comet-borns.

As the oth­er comet-borns rebuild their lives and use their gifts from the comet, Luna despairs that her own gift, enter­ing por­tals of the dead, is use­less. What can she do? Where does she belong? Will she ever find a home and a pur­pose for her own life?