On the penal colony of Hibiscus Station,<\/b>\u00a0no positions are as key as the Pomps, who direct the dangerous mining operations to remove highly valuable\u2014and volatile\u2014crystal from the moon’s crust.<\/p>\n
Young was previously in training to be a Pomp until a depressive episode, mental break, and a suicide attempt. She doesn\u2019t need the other convicts on her work team to suspect she\u2019s unraveling again, so when she suddenly hallucinates visions of the unstable crystals in the tunnel walls around her\u2014along with the potential danger they hold\u2014she keeps her mouth shut.<\/p>\n
And then their newly dug tunnel explodes, killing her crew.<\/p>\n
During her reassignment, her new lover, Gyu, makes her an offer: he can pull some strings and help her finish her Pomp training. If Young decides to take the gamble that her new secret visions are accurate, she can prevent further accidents and pay off the penal debt keeping her from going home.<\/p>\n
However, the more she trains, the more her paranoia convinces her that the collapse wasn\u2019t an accident at all, and that everyone\u2014her new crew, the station staff, and even Gyu\u2014are all hiding secrets. If she doesn\u2019t figure out what\u2019s real before her mental health implodes, she might not survive the next \u201caccident.\u201d<\/p>\n