Kath and Quicksilver by Larry Niven amp Brenda Cooper Brenda Cooper and Larry Niven have published collaborative fiction in Asimov??s and Analog for the past four years. The two authors have also written a novel Building Harlequin??s Moon which has just been published by Tor Books. Brenda Cooper??s solo science fiction and fantasy stories have appeared in Analog Strange Horizons Oceans of the Mind and in several anthologies. Brenda lives in Bellevue Washington and serves as the City of Kirkland CIO. Multiple Hugo- and Nebula-award winning author Larry Niven lives in Chatsworth California with his wife Marilyn a cat Amelia and a dozen unnamed koi. He has been a published author for forty-one years. Together he and Brenda take us on a stunning tour of Mercury and a desperate attempt to save lives. Kathlerian looked out at black rocks and a glowing horizon. They had been dusted with frost when she first arrived at Midnight Dome seventeen standard years ago. The frost was gone now. “Joplee” she said “Let??s go out.” Joplee turned a silvered blue visual sensor toward her. “No.” “You??ve never let me outside. You used to tell me it was too cold. It??s warm enough now” “Kathlerian dear it??s too dangerous.” The sun never rose over Midnight Dome on Mercury. There was no sense of time and yet everyone was in a frantic hurry. Some were observing the sun while Noonpoint??s ancient array of instruments was still in place: last chance before the expanding