Astra Idari must keep the last living star alive in a galaxy lost to shadows.Astra Idari knows she’s human.
Others see an android who drinks too much and remembers too little. She only wants to escape the harsh life of a Stargun Messenger, hunting down thieves of starship fuel. When a job leads her to Gen Emera, Idari meets the girl of her dreams and the last living star. There's just one problem. Idari discovers fuel is actually the blood of living stars, and they’ve been butchered for it.
Idari has one option: turn Emera over to her shadowy employers. A Stargun protects the fuel trade; without it, intergalactic civilization collapses. More importantly for idari, a huge payday means a new life.
But Emera illuminates something in Idari. Not just a want for a life, but living. With bounty hunters, living shadows, and her own fears closing in. it might be a short life... if Idari is willing to risk it.
Genre: Science Fiction
Others see an android who drinks too much and remembers too little. She only wants to escape the harsh life of a Stargun Messenger, hunting down thieves of starship fuel. When a job leads her to Gen Emera, Idari meets the girl of her dreams and the last living star. There's just one problem. Idari discovers fuel is actually the blood of living stars, and they’ve been butchered for it.
Idari has one option: turn Emera over to her shadowy employers. A Stargun protects the fuel trade; without it, intergalactic civilization collapses. More importantly for idari, a huge payday means a new life.
But Emera illuminates something in Idari. Not just a want for a life, but living. With bounty hunters, living shadows, and her own fears closing in. it might be a short life... if Idari is willing to risk it.
Genre: Science Fiction
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