New Beginnings

Kayla and Steph return to Earth carrying extraordinary gifts, difficult truths, and a promise to help prepare humanity for First Contact.At the ranch, life continues through growing children, new babies, family celebrations, and the familiar demands of home. Kayla finally has room to invent again, while Nick finds unexpected purpose in the work of communicating across the stars. Abby's ambitions begin taking her toward a future of her own.But some discoveries are harder to share than others. Kayla must decide how to tell her family the truth about the life she remembers, while honoring a promise made far from Earth.As her latest invention brings distant worlds within reach, preparations for humanity's next great step become deeply personal. The arrival they are waiting for could change far more than Earth's place in the universe.The concluding volume of Second Chances brings Kayla's journey home to the family she fought to have and the people who helped her build it.