At the Parliament of the Confederation of Inhabited Worlds, speed-of-light instructions from home arrive too late, and personal loyalties and jealousies dominate decades of negotiations and lawmaking. Will Tithonos sacrifice the needs of his planet for the sake of his mistress?
"A space opera that makes the slowness of light and the spaciousness of time central figures in a thought-provoking exploration of love and politics." - Ken Liu
