Gaby Oron: The Quiet Divide, Kartoniert / Broschiert

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On the cold, moon of Meridian Station, a scientific marvel is about to become a weapon. Dr. Cira Langley has dedicated her career to deorum ore, a volatile substance that hums with a mysterious energy, promising to reshape humanity's future. But when a routine extraction triggers a catastrophic containment breach, the future arrives in a way no one could have predicted. Cira is caught in the blast, and the line between science and impossibility is shattered forever.

She awakens in the medical bay to a world of chaos. Two of her colleagues are dead. The accident was sabotage. And worse, she is carrying a child-a development her doctors on Sacramentum had promised was medically impossible. This isn't just a pregnancy; it's a paradox, a biological anomaly created by the ore's unfathomable power. And Praetorium, the monolithic head of all the colonies, has noticed.

For them, Cira's child is not a person, but the ultimate prize. They see a living key, a post-human being who could grant them absolute control over the deorum and its reality-bending abilities. Led by the ruthlessly efficient Dr. Voss, Praetorium's agents turn Meridian Station into a gilded cage, subjecting Cira to invasive tests and monitoring her every move. They're not waiting for a birth; they're waiting to collect an asset.

Trapped and out of time, Cira and her husband, Dalen, realize that escape is their only option. Aided by a mysterious, damaged android who serves a network that opposes Praetorium, they plot a desperate flight. But their actions trigger a final, station-wide catastrophe. As Meridian tears itself apart around them, Cira goes into labor, forced to bring her impossible child into the world amidst fire, chaos, and the vacuum of space.

The Quiet Divide is a relentless, grimdark sci-fi thriller about the price of miracles and the ferocious love that drives a family to defy a universe that wants to tear them apart. In a desperate race against a collapsing station and a soulless entity. For fans of The Expanse , Arrival , and Annihilation, it's a story of fragile love and brutal consequences-of a family that risks everything to protect the future no one understands.

From debut author Gaby Oron, The Quiet Divide: An Astra Echoes Novella is a tightly woven, emotionally charged entry into a bold new universe. Fast-paced and relentlessly human, it's an unflinching glimpse into the price of progress-and the fracture lines it leaves behind.