<blockquote>He'd tried to feel the gratitude she obviously expected, and felt guilty when that failed. But the past was a dark moon of memory, as if he'd appeared out of thin air, and there was nothing to measure anything against.</blockquote>
➤ John is the amnesiac Consort to a high-ranked player in a worldwide game for property on another planet. Rodney et al show up to save him (of course).
