The Stars We Lost

In the early years of humanity’s colonization of Proxima Centauri b, a survey team is sent to scout resources for future expansion.

Among them are Eliza Ashford, a fiercely determined botanist, and Brand Mercer, an ex-soldier with a past he keeps tucked safely away. They barely know each other except for one reckless night before the launch of the Artemis, a night neither has dared to speak of since.

When sabotage sends their shuttle spiraling off course and strands them deep in the uncharted wilds, the surviving crew must rely on a damaged mobile habitat and dwindling supplies to find their way back to the colony.

The alien wilderness is treacherous. But it is not the planet they should fear most.

As accidents mount and lives are lost, Eliza and Brand are pulled closer, forced to trust one another when everything else begins to fall apart. In the darkness of an unforgiving world, something tender and fierce begins to grow between them, a fragile connection they never expected to find.

Because the stars they carry are more than dreams.

They are the memories of the ones they cannot afford to lose, and the love that refuses to burn out.

In a world that takes everything, trust is the last fragile thing they have left. And sometimes, survival means choosing love when there is nothing else to hold on to.