The Dragot Empire's first invasion of the Mountain Skyport has failed, but the war isn't over. Jiaire's actions in the first attack have made him a hero, but also a target, and on the eve of a second invasion he is kidnapped in the dead of night and spirited away to the Blackfire Penal Colony, an underground labyrinth in the heart of a dormant volcano. He has never been more alone, or further away from the people he loves. Escaping the colony will be difficult. Making it out with his soul intact may be impossible.
Brendan Detzner's work has appeared in Podcastle, Chizine, Pseudopod, One Buck Horror, Bizarrocast, Edge of Propinquity, Untied Shoelaces of the Mind, and many other venues. He is the author of the short story collections "Scarce Resources" and "Beasts", and of the novels "Millersville" and "White Rabbit Society". "City of the Forgotten" is the third installment of the Orphan Fleet series.