

Until ships arrive from the Barony of Letnev, claiming that Darit is their territory now, and that all the inhabitants are now citizens of the Barony, with all the rights (not many) and responsibilities (taxes, deference to their new rulers, etc.) that entails. Bianca reads old books and gazes up at the night sky, dreaming of exploring the galaxy, but nobody ever leaves Darit, and nobody from other worlds ever visits. Her parents found her abandoned in the woods when she was a baby, and she imagines secret origins and vast destinies for herself. Tim Pratt: A young woman named Bianca Xing lives with her adopted parents on the bucolic backwater planet of Darit, a forgotten mining colony. Track of Words: To start with, could you give us an overview of what The Necropolis Empire is about?
