"When the stars fall, the only thing left to hold onto is each other.
A hiker lost in the jungle. A scientist fallen from the stars. A bond that will rewrite the laws of the universe.
Carla was looking for solitude in the Colombian canopy-a break from the relentless noise of Seattle. She didn't expect the sky to tear open. She didn't expect a seven-foot-tall, iridescent silver giant to emerge from the wreckage of a starship, his eyes swirling with the mysteries of a dying galaxy.
Vintor is a man of equations, a scientist of the Orion High Council sent to evaluate Earth for the "Great Harvest." But the moment he hears the frantic, beautiful rhythm of Carla's heart, his logic fails. She isn't a specimen. She is the anchor.
As they flee across the stars to the edge of the galaxy, Carla and Vintor must navigate more than just Archive-Guardians and zero-gravity battles. They must bridge the gap between two cultures-one built on sterile immortality and the other on the fragile, vibrant beauty of being human.
In Nova-Terra, they will learn that the most sustainable force in the universe isn't light-matter or code. It's love.
