Love and Death in the City of Bone

Decades ago, we made our separate ways to the desert planet of Elard. We shared a common purpose: enlighten the planet's low-tech, violent aliens with our different paths of uplift. Though we served different ideals, we became friends... until our friendship dissolved into illicit affairs. And an unexplained disappearance. Now, I return to Elard. Older, yes. Wiser?I hope. I've got only thirty days to solve mysteries buried in the planet's vast desert.
And reveal the hidden agenda of the only woman I ever loved. A woman loyal to violent forces who'll do whatever it takes to stop me from finding the truth. -Previously published as The ALECS Quartet by Raymund Eich