Generate a compelling opening paragraph for a science fiction novel set on a tidally locked planet where one side is eternal day and the other eternal night. Introduce a protagonist who lives on the 'Twilight Fringe' and hint at a global conflict or a hidden mystery they are about to uncover.
Elara stood on the razor's edge of the world, where the perpetual amber sun of the Day-Side kissed the unyielding frost of the Night-Side. Here in the Twilight Fringe, the wind never stopped screaming, a mournful howl that carried the scent of scorched ozone and ancient ice. Behind her, the gleaming spires of Solis thrummed with the stolen heat of a dying star; before her, the Absolute Dark hid secrets that the Council had spent centuries trying to bury. As she clutched the rusted key she’d found in the reactor vents, Elara knew the silence was about to break.
