Paperback: A transfer to Orbis 2 brings a new home and a new job to JT, one that pushes his softwire abilities to painful limits. JT is chosen to communicate with the Samrians, incomprehensible aquatic beasts that have cooled the crystals on Orbis for nearly two thousand rotations. But as their work rule comes to a close, the Samirans have grown agitated and threaten the lives of everyone on the Rings of Orbis. JT is burdened with the task of uncovering why.