Desperate times call for desperate measures. Trapped on the low-tech planet New Eden after a devastating earthquake, Hannah’s last-ditch attempt to save her people via a galactic SOS brings help in the form of a cyborg crew in need of a new place to live, led by the enigmatic RH103.
Rebuilding the ravaged New Eden is only one of the crises RH103 is facing. He doesn’t know why he and his crew were created, how they acquired their starship is a mystery, and worst of all, his cybernetics are failing. His attraction to Hannah is a distraction he can’t afford. But her returning his feelings is a surprise, and might be just what he needs before a total system shutdown.
All her life, Jasmine has dreamed about a life found only in the yellowed pages of old books in her home on New Eden, a settlement on the brink of extinction until help arrived in the form of a starship crewed with cyborgs.
A forgotten planet five stops past the edge of nowhere would have been the perfect place to start his life over, if the cyborg designated SP29 could be the emotionless machine he sometimes wishes he could be. Caught between his feelings for Jasmine and fellow cyborg, Darius, with whom he spent one unforgettable night a long time ago, he doesn’t want to choose between them.
But Jasmine and Darius have other ideas about how to make a relationship work, so no one has to be excluded.
It isn’t easy keeping secrets in a community as small as New Eden, but Rodelle has carefully guarded hers from even her closest friends. What she did to keep herself safe in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake must never be revealed, despite the guilt that constantly plagues her about what she had to do to survive.
Brandon is glad to finally be living a slower-paced life planetside with his fellow cyborgs, content to spend his time perfecting recipes and forgetting about his cybernetic side. Sharing a home with Rodelle is an added bonus—she’s kind, sweet, and beautiful, with a sadness in her eyes that his homemade doughnuts can’t take away.
A trip to New Eden’s unexplored north might be what Rodelle needs to revive her spirit while bringing her and Brandon closer together. But will he still look at her like she’s the best thing to ever happen to him when she reveals what she’s been hiding for so long?
It was love at first sight for Pauline and Aiden, the cyborg once known by the designation AL16, with a happily ever after Pauline never expected to find on New Eden. But their love story comes to a horrifying end following an accident that leaves Aiden dead and Pauline’s heart shattered.
Hope returns when a new cyborg, AL17, is cloned, only to be dashed when he remembers nothing about Pauline, his fellow cyborgs, or New Eden. AL is humorless and robotic, the polar opposite of Aiden. Yet he’s still drawn to her for reasons he can’t explain, and Pauline can’t seem to keep herself away from him, either.
But there’s little time for them to explore their connection when a new threat to New Eden appears—and AL17 might be just the person to save the planet.
Jessica Marting 