Five for the Ghost

In the Swarm, everything has a price, and the drift always collects.

Kaelen has a hauler in his own name, a crew who stayed, and quiet work from Sefa Orun, the Fleet gunner he flew with before Echo Squad died: read the old survey buoys in the dark lanes of the drift, and bring the readings to her and nobody else.

The lanes are tight, the buoys are old, and Kaelen is not the only one out there listening. The kindest voice in the Swarm is the one to fear. Far below the clouds, the metallic sea has begun to ring higher than it should. Aboard the Junior, everyone is keeping something back. And for the first time in years, Kaelen has someone he cannot bear to lose.

Out in the drift, not everyone is coming home.

Found family, a slow-burn queer romance, one watchful cybrid dog-fox, and a crew about to learn what it costs to look away.