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Dead reckoning

First in Spent Light (Dead Reckoning)

Navigating with no network and no charts — only the ship's own logged track.

In full

When a ship is cut off from the junction network — no relay, no ledger, no fix — she navigates the oldest way there is: from her own logged motion, error growing in the count, no magic correction. It is the central predicament of the Endurance in Spent Light, and the source of the book's title image.

Key facts

  • Navigating from the ship's own logged motion — no relay, no ledger, no fix.
  • Error grows in the count with no correction.
  • The central predicament of the Endurance in Spent Light.
  • Source of the title image of book one, Dead Reckoning.

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