This is a mostly progressive future, but classism, unchecked capitalism, and resource exhaustion loom large. When Fumiko learns Ahro has powers that could speed up space travel-abilities sought by Fumiko’s employer, the megacorporation Umbai, which is looking for more efficient ways to pillage planets-she offers Nia the opportunity to keep the boy hidden, which Nia accepts, leading to ripples of choices and consequences. As they travel through “pocket space,” where a few months pass for them while years go by in normal space, they grow close and Nia becomes protective of Ahro. Spaceship captain Nia agrees to take Ahro back to Pelican, a station Fumiko designed. Nearly 1,000 years later, Ahro, a boy who doesn’t speak, crash-lands on a distant farming world. Fumiko extends her life through periods of suspended animation as humans colonize the galaxy. But Dana’s efforts fail, and Earth is abandoned. A century from now, aerospace engineer Fumiko believes humans should leave the climate-ravaged Earth, and regretfully chooses her career designing space stations over her lover, Dana, who would rather advocate for trying to save the planet. In a profound look at humankind’s spacefaring future, Jimenez’s debut tells of both anguish and love as the result of heart-wrenching decisions.
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