Wixon's Day Author:Phil Williams In cloud-covered Estalia, the last bastion of civilisation in a freezing world, a lone boatman travels the waterways in a forlorn search for purpose. Marquos, a scavenger who baulks at responsibility, is heading north to the Deadland, where they say lava flows from the mountains and the sky is clear. If he can map this inhospitable land, he can... more » return to the Metropolis with his head high and make amends for his time spent with the Mine Guard. Dangerous as his quest already is, it can't be that simple. With a kidnapped child aboard his boat and convicted rebels loose on the canal, he has to adapt quickly to this hostile world if he is to survive being drawn into a war he never realised existed. This brooding post-apocalyptic tale charts the voyage of one disillusioned young man in world that was laid to waste long ago.« less