"The Noyim are a race of perverts, corrupt of body and of mind! You should be happy there."
Thus did Bey's grandfather send him into exile. And Bey has indeed been happy - until now. Because now Bey's in deep trouble. His rich young friend Sanja Gwahnal is dead, killed by contraband biological technology, and suddenly everyone has Bey in their sights. The Commonwealth - Bey's own people - are pushing him to spill the name of Sanja's bi-tech dealer. The dealer has other ideas. He'd like Bey silenced - permanently. The locals are pushing him to blame Sanja's parents for the murder: on Noyan, children decide if their parents live or die, and Sanja Gwahnal was approaching the age of Choosing... And then things start to get complicated. What do traditionalist terrorists want with him? Was Sanja really involved with fanatics determined to keep Noyan free of foreign influence? And what was his relationship with a known agent of the Commonwealth's arch-rivals, the Autarchy of Gallask? New Dawn Fades is a novel of colonialism and conspiracy, of clashing cultures and technologies - a murder mystery on a world with a moral code like no other.