Hachi + Araine: Falling by Michael G. Hurston

A newly crowned empress must balance the responsibilities of her reign with a devastating loss of love in Hachi + Araine: Falling by Michael G. Hurston. Reshaping a diverse and divided solar system to uphold justice, peace, and cooperation is a daunting task for Hachi, but achieving domestic bliss and a stable family with her remaining partners may pose an even greater challenge. Fortunately, she won’t be alone in navigating these emotional tangles and complex commitments, even as the immensely powerful First Children threaten to disrupt her hard-won peace in their obsessive pursuit of new life. Combining reality-shaking future-tech and AI superminds with the universal struggles of human nature, Hurston brings this probing and poignant series to a searingly good close, elevating the drama and interpersonal dynamics, for the strongest installment of this wholly original series.