Going into Hedon didn't require me reliving any memories.

This time.

Certain there was still some price to pay, I put my worries aside to deal with it when the time came, because right now I had worse problems. Worse even than my heightened awareness of the contents of the metal pouch I'd retrieved that was in the purse slung across my chest.

"How the fuck is there an ocean in Hedon?" Wet sand sucked at my boots. The inky night sky only had the faintest dusting of ...