Fortune's Fallen — Kathleen McClure

After taking the fall treason, Gideon Quinn discovers the hard way there's more to life in prison than he bargained for.Wrongly accused of treason, Colonel Gideon Quinn enters the Morton Barrens Penitentiary looking forward to a lifetime of harvesting the volatile crystal that powers the colonies.Then he meets Renny Boucher—a convicted murderer with a long memory and an appetite for vengeance—and discovers that his life sentence may be much shorter than he anticipated. Fortune's Fallen* is a time bending novella delving into Gideon's years in the Morton Barrens. *Originally published as The Longest Shard.  What readers have to say about Fortune's Fallen:A marvellous blend of humour, drama, three dimensional characters and story that keeps you reading. Highly recommended.…non-stop, gritty, character driven stuff with great world building that will keep you up late reading when you should be getting some sleep.Awesome! Fantastic! Unputdownable! 5 stars