Since then certain people have gone in... and returned, bearing priceless technology, almost magical in its advancement. When Ashe the Rat — the best Rifter of her generation — dies, the authorities offer her student Svinga a choice: go in and bring out the thing that killed her, or rot in jail.
But Svin, of course, has plans of her own...
Lilith Saintcrow lives in Vancouver, Washington, with her children, dog, cat, and a library for wayward texts.