Although best read in order, this book is perfect as a standalone read.
He survived a hostile homeworld by learning to ride the stars. But when a ruthless extortionist boards his ship, a devastating family secret forces him back to the surface.
Godwin is a statistical miracle. Raised in a prejudiced society on the Twin Dirtonian Planets that outcasts the deaf, he defied the limitations placed on him to become a Senior Ship Inspector for the elite Voyager Company. He has forged a new life among the stars, leaving his painful past behind on the bedrock below.
But when the massive starship Game Changer returns to orbit his home system, Godwin’s carefully constructed world is shattered. An informant traps him with a shocking piece of family history: he has a younger sister, Nova Cometa, hidden away in a surface orphanage. Nova is a brilliant, fiercely independent fifteen-year-old gearswoman. Like her brother, she is deaf—but without Optic-Resonance Syndrome. She relies on pure grit, advanced mathematics, and a sharp, adaptive mind to survive a society that refuses to acknowledge her talent.
Forced to confront his deepest trauma, Godwin descends to the surface to find her. But before the two siblings can truly bridge the gap between their worlds, catastrophe strikes. When Nova is brought aboard the Game Changer as a temporary assistant, she and Godwin must navigate the overwhelming, unfamiliar world of a hearing crew and the terrifying realities of space travel. With a cosmic nightmare raging just outside the hull plates, brother and sister must combine his years of knowledge and training with her masterclass mechanical improvisation to keep the starship stable.
In a universe powered by clockwork gears and volatile liquid magma fuel, some problems cannot be outrun. As the nightmare darkens, Godwin and Nova are pushed into a high-stakes crucible where their shared lineage, their mechanical genius, and their sheer will to live will be tested to the absolute limit.
