Youth, Day, Old Age, Night

An 'Orbiting Worlds' novella

The stage is lit. The curtain rises.

And Sydney Tryler is about to learn that not every ghost belongs to the past.

Caught between two journeys—one already behind him, another just ahead—Sydney discovers truths at the Palace Theater that will change how he sees his family, his ship, and himself.

A haunting interlude in the Orbiting Worlds saga, Youth, Day, Old Age, Night bridges the gap between adventure and memory, pulling readers deeper into Sydney’s world of mystery, loss, and discovery.

After the uprising on Europa shatters the fragile balance of the System, Sydney’s life changes overnight. The Crying Star—once his only home—is no longer the center of his world. For the first time, Sydney descends to Earth, a place he has dreamed of all his life. But what he finds is nothing like the paradise he imagined.

In a decaying, lawless London where authority has long since collapsed, everything is permitted and nothing is safe. Guided through the city’s shadows by Hazel—a mysterious girl with metallic eyes and a past as enigmatic as the streets she knows—Sydney discovers that survival here depends not on rules, but on the unspoken will of people to coexist.

Told through Hazel’s voice, Youth, Day, Old Age, Night offers a new perspective into the Orbiting Worlds saga. A haunting interlude between A Clear Midnight and To the Sunset Breeze, it follows Sydney’s first steps on Earth in a City that has fallen into ruin while the rest of the planet heals. It is a journey that forces him to question not only the world around him, but who he is becoming.

Youth, Day, Old Age, Night (OW book 1.5)

An Orbiting Worlds novella