Sneak Peek: Solstice Masquerade!

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Every year, the Calendrical Parliament holds a religious rite at the Great Orrery - a dance of gratitude for winter, the blessed darkness and the cool relief of snow from another searing summer. It is believed by many that without the Solstice Masquerade, the winter would not come; that the dance empowers the Orrery to continue the procession of the equinoxes and keep the seasons in their proper cycle.

It is a time of peace and celebration… but for reasons of ritual and politics, the forms are strictly observed. No-one recalls who built the Orrery or knows what makes its doors and dials function. Maybe it really is the dance. The smooth, beautiful technology of the place - its clockwork, its automated hallways and shifting orbital mazes - are a mystery to all. But one thing is understood. In the ballroom, it’s impossible (and forbidden, too) to remove a mask. That makes it a perfect time for exchanged secrets, forbidden romances, and all sorts of behavior only anonymity makes possible.

And as the Travelers will discover, that’s just as true for them as for anyone else...

(More plot information will be forthcoming December 1st or 2nd)