One woman and her pilot are about to change the future of the species
in an epic space opera about aspiration, compassion, and redemption by
Hugo and Nebula Award finalist S. B. Divya.
For five centuries, human life has been restricted to Earth, while
posthuman descendants called alloys freely explore the galaxy. But when
the Earthlike planet of Meru is discovered, two unlikely companions
venture forth to test the habitability of this unoccupied new world and
the future of human-alloy relations.
For Jayanthi, the adopted human child of alloy parents, it's an
opportunity to rectify the ancient reputation of her species as
avaricious and destructive, and to give humanity a new place in the
universe. For Vaha, Jayanthi's alloy pilot, it's a daunting yet
irresistible adventure to find success as an individual.
As the journey challenges their resolve in unexpected ways, the two form
a bond that only deepens with their time alone on Meru. But how can
Jayanthi succeed at freeing humanity from its past when she and Vaha
have been set up to fail?
Against all odds, hope is human, too.