The Broken Third

Digitesque Vol. 4

Ada Liu is alone, and there are so many people.

Out among distant stars and planets, she has discovered a thriving but strangely archaic interstellar civilization. This Union, spawned of two parent planets before striking out on a third path, was nearly crushed by an apocalyptic war in its distant past. These are not the towering heroes of ancient power and knowledge she had hoped for.

The specter of her abandonment on Earth haunts her as she flees a foreign state breathing down her neck, but Ada is a survivor, so she must gather what help she can find. And she possesses one unsettling advantage: for better or worse, Ada is a strange daughter of a stranger Earth, and is perhaps the second most dangerous thing this Union has ever faced.

Originally published February 2018