In the depths of the Kuiper Belt, a scientist comes into contact with an entity from beyond known space and time. It haunts her, preying upon her mind to fuel its own mysterious motives. However, this is a horrible decision on the part of all parties involved: this entity has made the mistake of preying upon Dr. Catherine Lockwood. Lockwood usually leads a lonely but stable existence on Luna, where she's earned a position in Sol's most prestigious engineering agency. Strangers see her as an odd genius, but coworkers know her to be an anomaly - stubborn, sharp, ambitious, and unpredictable. However, the events in Kuiper force her to leave everything behind on a wild journey into dangerous space. Pirates may raid and entities may stare; Catherine Lockwood knows how to prevail. But after losing everything, she is forced to ask herself: what is left to fight for? In this hard-sci-fi odyssey, eldritch horror mixes with comedy to tell a hysterical, hard-hitting tale of trauma, recovery, and companionship. (Sneak peek; full story is destined for professional publication!)
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