The Phoenix Pham is traveling to Dimos to seek out Drikt, the creator of Terra and friend of Dr. Samantha Calvin. But there are two days of travel between Phistos and Dimos, so what are our intrepid heroes going to get up to? Having fun fireside chats with an unbraked AI, trying to convince Claire to not kill Terra, and writing academic papers to get the attention of Deacon...you know the guy that tried to kill them that one time. Welcome to Volume 2 of the Phoenix Tales!