"Jason Kessler doesn't fit in the society of Nocturnia, the sole colony that survived the Earth's destruction. Between the colony's dedication to a distorted vision of mid-twentieth century Americana, its sexually repressive culture, and the expectation that his most important duty is marriage and children Jason rebels, throwing himself into an illicit and dangerous affair with Pamela Guest. But Pamela harbors a secret. Soon the lovers are But when the lovers steal the powerful, semi-intelligent computer named Vulcan's Forge, they find themselves engaged in a lethal game of cat and mouse with the colony's brutal underworld. As criminals, authorities, and a mysterious cabal close in on Jason he will learn that not everyone is what they claim, everything he believed is a lie, and the colony's only hope for the future might just depend on Vulcan's Forge."--Publisher.
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