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Working odd jobs across the Outer Ring gets a little lonely sometimes—not everyone loves having a synchronist with supraliminal perception around. But all Sacheri wants, he tells himself, is to wander the stars.

Then he takes a salvage run to an abandoned moon where he meets the wry, reserved, strictly-by-the-rules archivist Jin. Mesmerized by their confidence and charm, Sacheri can’t resist showing off his abilities–and instead of the damaged ai he was tracking, he stumbles onto a signal left by a synchronist who went missing decades earlier.

Sacheri knows from previous experience that pursuing the truth—never mind justice—could destroy everything he loves. He would defy his employers, the institution responsible for the myconeural networks that make him a synchronist, and the leadership of several worlds.

And it would complicate his new, passionate, and impossibly sweet relationship with Jin. They might be the best thing that’s ever happened to him, but they work for the very entities that ended Sacheri’s last investigation.

He knows better than to risk it.

But he’s never been able to turn away from someone in need, and there’s a voice in the void calling for aid…

This book is intended for adult readers and includes sexual references and behavior.

Spark and Tether contains some themes and events that may be difficult for some readers. I’ve listed them here; if you’d like more information before reading, you are welcome to contact me.

Abandonment

Betrayal

Death (off page)

Depression

Discrimination, Prejudice, and Oppression of enhanced humans and human-made life forms

Intoxicating Substance Consumption as Negative Coping Mechanism

Life-changing injury and recovery

PTSD

Trauma

Use of intoxicating substances (recreational and forced/weaponized)

developmental editing by Stephenie Magister

sensitivity reading by Ruthie Bowles

copy editing and proofreading by J.S. Elliot

cover art by Lucas @newmoonnero

front cover design by Damonza Studios

character portraits by Xander Phanes @mxphanes

couple portrait art by Anna Fritsche @polar_pookie (twitter)

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all other design by Lilian Zenzi

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