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  1. Public Bookmark 62

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    “If everything’s okay, then why the fuck am I in space?”

    Eva Stratt was always meant to be the leader of the Hail Mary. Not an astronaut aboard it.

    Now an amnesia ridden Grace and Stratt must work together to save earth, all while he starts to reclaim certain memories.

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    After 27 years, Earth's Hail Mary comes through. The world has been forever changed, and billions died because of the Astrophage crisis, but space agencies have done their best to survive and keep their telescopes pointing to Tau Ceti. After the beetles are spotted, Eva Stratt forces her way into the CSA office to learn what the Hail Mary crew discovered. Downloading the data is slow and happens in pieces, so the team has to try piecing together what happened out in the Tau Ceti system.

    Eva Stratt is faced with the reality of what she did to Grace, watching him deal with the situation she put him in, leading to a complex mix of emotions. Part of her wishes things could have been different. But she knows that wishing on a star is useless.

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    02 Oct 2026

  3. Public Bookmark 65

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    "'Grace—there’s someone else aboard. A human.'

    I stare at him and Adrian. The room around me suddenly seems to fade away, leaving just the three of us standing in the silence and the pitched roaring in my ears.

    A human.

    A human on an Eridian ship that was assumed dead and adrift in the stars, forever.

    A human, coming to Erid.

    'That’s not possible,' I say, in English."

     

    Or, Eva Stratt manages to completely fudge up Ryland Grace's life, again.

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    27 Sep 2026

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    “Let me ensure I understand correctly,” Yao counted slowly on his fingers.

    “Your oldest brother is an alcoholic private detective.”

    “Yeah.”

    “Your second brother killed your abusive father.”

    Grace nodded sleepily. “Self-defense mostly but yeah.”

    “Your third brother is in a committed relationship with a sex doll.”

    “Bianca is very nice

    Yao continued as though he had not heard that.

    “And your twin brother throws himself off buildings

    Grace thought about it. A very long exhausted pause. “…Yeah that about sums it up.”

    Silence again.

    Stratt looked at Yao.

    Yao looked at Stratt.

    The realization passed silently between them with horrifying clarity.

    So Grace—

    This exhausted, socially awkward, disaster of a scientist currently clinging to Eva Stratt like a drowning kitten—

    Was the normal one.

    God help them all.

    Stratt stared down at him for another second before one particular detail from earlier finally circled back around.

    “You slept with Tom Ryder.”

    Grace nodded against her shoulder.

    “Mmhm.”

    “The internationally famous actor.”

    “Yep.”

    “How?”

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    26 Sep 2026

  5. Public Bookmark 32

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    Science happens under constraints, most of the time. There's never enough money in the pot, never enough personnel to manage the workload. There are limits, to what can be done.

    This project has no such pressures. This is a project with unlimited money, unlimited resources; it turns out science is capable of quite a lot, under those conditions.

    The Hail Mary's underway, but the research never stops.


    Across the room, Dimitri notices the action. He sits up straighter in his chair, elbows coming to the table.

    It's been a long time, since Grace was nervous to present.

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    20 Sep 2026