Where Stars Cease to Be

Previously

…The air in the chamber seemed to vibrate with a silent promise. The motive was clear. The stakes were astronomical. And the hunt for Valerius, the man who had killed a visionary and stolen worlds, had just begun. Anya Sharma, the detective who had lost her way, had finally found her purpose. It was a purpose forged in the ashes of a twenty-year-old murder, a purpose that would either send her home or consume her entirely. The path forward was treacherous, but for the first time since her arrival, Anya felt a surge of something akin to control. She knew the killer’s motive. Now, she just had to catch the killer.