<b>Life can exist anywhere. And anywhere there is life, there is home.</b><BR><BR>George-Étienne and his children have found a mysterious artefact on the surface of Venus herself, one with vast implications for the future of the struggling colony. But with the discovery comes great risk: not only from a planet that kills with its very touch, but also from the banks and powers of old Earth, who will not readily relinquish their hold on Venus’s people and resources.<BR><BR>Gathering allies to them, George-Étienne and his family have founded The House of Styx, the first of a new wave of trading clans, to hide from the prying eyes of their enemies and work in secret to exploit the miracle they have found.<BR><BR>From humble origins, The House of Styx is destined to become one of the most powerful families in the galaxy... if they survive.