Forge of Futures: Book One

At last! The Queer grimdark space opera you've been waiting for.Lian really just wanted a quiet life, a decent shift at the café, and a future far away from the kind of people who ask dangerous questions. Unfortunately, the galaxy has other plans.When her partner vanishes in a flash of illegal warp tech, Lian is forced back into a world of dead handlers, sealed records, and underground operatives who think she owes them a favor. The only people who can help are the same people she's spent years avoiding, and they want more than a rescue mission... they want her past, her expertise, and her loyalty.The deeper Lian digs, the clearer the truth becomes: Safi's kidnapping is only one piece of a system built on theft, silence, and engineered obedience. If Lian wants Safi back, she'll have to betray the life she and her partners worked so hard to build.