When Noah Kincaid opens the lockbox his late father left behind, he expects grief, not a blueprint.
Inside is proof that gravity can be negotiated.
With a tight knit crew of brilliant hobbyists, Priya, Mark, and Tessa, Noah turns a backyard experiment into the kind of breakthrough that rewrites every industry on Earth. No rockets. No flame. Just a field that makes mass optional, and a world that is not ready for what that means.
Because the moment they touch orbit, they stop being curious engineers and become a strategic asset.
Money comes fast, but so do predators. Corporate sharks with clean smiles. A powerful consortium offering ‘legitimate’ contracts. A government task force quietly mapping every purchase, every shipment, every step. And then there’s Jonah, charismatic, ambitious, and filming everything, who decides the discovery should have a single owner.
Now the team has one chance to stay independent: pull wealth from the sky before the net tightens. Their first real play is insane and simple, steal a small near Earth object and park it in high orbit.
If they succeed, they buy time.
If they fail, they hand the future to whoever kicks down their door first.
Genre: Science Fiction
Inside is proof that gravity can be negotiated.
With a tight knit crew of brilliant hobbyists, Priya, Mark, and Tessa, Noah turns a backyard experiment into the kind of breakthrough that rewrites every industry on Earth. No rockets. No flame. Just a field that makes mass optional, and a world that is not ready for what that means.
Because the moment they touch orbit, they stop being curious engineers and become a strategic asset.
Money comes fast, but so do predators. Corporate sharks with clean smiles. A powerful consortium offering ‘legitimate’ contracts. A government task force quietly mapping every purchase, every shipment, every step. And then there’s Jonah, charismatic, ambitious, and filming everything, who decides the discovery should have a single owner.
Now the team has one chance to stay independent: pull wealth from the sky before the net tightens. Their first real play is insane and simple, steal a small near Earth object and park it in high orbit.
If they succeed, they buy time.
If they fail, they hand the future to whoever kicks down their door first.
Genre: Science Fiction
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