While attempting to escape an ambush, the Prince of Blades damaged ship is sent off course to an unknown destination orbiting an alien planet. Our prince must trap himself in the unstable and untested weapon to survive and face nightmarish side effects no one could have predicted or for that matter imagined. My spelling and grammar suck and I don't have anyone to run my work past so expect homophones and grammar errors.   Release Schedule I'm going to try for a release once a week ---------- Cover Credit ---------- Cover art is legally cropped from NASA/JPL-Caltech a public resource under NASA. The full image can be found here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA15802