The Keystone

She’s not here to make friends. That was just an accident.

Captain Kate MacClaine is the spacer you call when you’re out of options—if anyone else could do the job you’d call them first.

Brilliant at flying, navigating, and obliterating pirate bases, she’s impossible to work with. Nobody measures up in her eyes, herself least of all.

When her charming ex shows up, Kate naturally assumes he’s come for her. But he’s got a new fiancée, and a mission only Kate can lead—if her crew doesn’t mutiny first: unravel an ancient mystery and stop a looming galactic war.

Know how? Check. Experience? Bags of it. Leadership? That’ll be tricky—Kate has to learn to trust her crew, and maybe even herself.

Murderbot meets A Man Called Ove meets His Girl Friday: a character-driven space opera where the emotional stakes are very real.

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