First published 2026
Signy runs a small plant shop on Fortune, bio-printing medicine for those the system abandons. She keeps her head down, helping others while avoiding trouble herself. Her quiet world shifts when Cora arrives seeking treatment. Cora pilots rorquales, the living ships that link scattered settlements across their solar system. Few possess her rare ability to navigate these creatures, but her deep connection with her rorqual Colibri comes at a cost. The mindbleed threatens not just her pilot's license but her life. When Cora enters Signy's shop, she brings the very danger Signy has spent years avoiding. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will test the fragile balance between safety and connection. Chambers tells their story across two timelines, showing both their first encounter and a future where they have built a life together. This is a story about choosing love over fear, about finding family in unexpected places, about what it takes to survive on a world that offers little but demands everything.
Genres: science-fiction, romance, literary-fiction, contemporary, found-family
Vibes: emotional, hopeful, intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: dual-timeline, found-family, love-over-fear, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Fortune, solar system
480 pages · Hardcover · Harper Voyager
Content warnings: medical-trauma