How Deep the Light of Stolen Stars

Madness, poetry, love, and rage.Solae was created as a spy for the Jade Empire. Made of flesh and steel, They seduce members of Their Glory's court and steal their thoughts, executing traitors as they uncover their plots. A useful and dangerous tool, a state secret, and tightly controlled.What is the greatest problem of the Jade Empire? Time and distance. Ignorance and entropy.Their Glory sends Solae on a secret mission to address these problems. Even on the fastest star-streaker ever made, a massive ship commanded by the latest hero of the Empire, the mission will consume decades. Keeping the secrets hidden in one of the ships' shards puts their handler at odds with the commander, leaving Solae uncomfortably caught between them. Traitors and assassins are the least of their problems. Agents of the Thanarchy lurk in the spaceways to capture ships and steal minds and bodies.In this world of hierarchy and formality, rank and propriety, Solae must use every trick at their disposal to keep their footing and avoid being discarded as a broken tool, all while keeping a handle on their intense emotional swings and their ever-burning, sinful desire to know. Falling in love was not supposed to be on the agenda.How far would you go to get back the one your love? Would you tear down a world? Would you tear down an empire? Would you tear down the universe?