Solatium: An Aurora Rhapsody Short Story (Aurora Rhapsody Short Stories Book 2)
<b>Morality could not be spawned by tweaking a few genes or shutting off a few neurons. Though humanity conquered the very stars, it remained unable to conquer the darkness within.</b><br />In the dark, seedy underbelly of Pandora--a lawless colony on the best of days--a young woman who's lost everything but her soul fights to reclaim her life from a violent, sadistic criminal despot. But when she's given a chance for freedom, she realizes escape is not enough. First, a just punishment must be exacted for crimes committed.<br /><br />Set twelve years before <i>STARSHINE: Aurora Rising Book One (Aurora Rhapsody #1)</i>, <b><i>SOLATIUM</i></b> is Mia Requelme's origin story--and the story of how she and Caleb Marano met. It's a story about criminals and those who punish them, but mostly it's a story about the struggle to keep hold of one's soul in the face of so much darkness.