After escaping the chaotic, high-gravity pull of a woman who was as intoxicating as she was destructive, a nameless man drifts into a series of “perfect” relationships, only to discover they are iterations of a single planetary consciousness designed to keep him from leaving, forcing him to confront the entity that salvaged his ship far from Earth and choose between the comfort of flawless illusion and the terrifying freedom of an imperfect alien reality.

SYNOPSIS:

For some, love is a steady orbit. For others, it's a crash landing. After escaping the chaotic, high-gravity pull of a woman who was as intoxicating as she was destructive, a nameless protagonist seeks the safety of a calmer life. But "perfect" comes with its own price. As he moves from one seemingly ideal partner to the next, he is haunted by dreams of cold metal, weightless voids, and a lingering sense that "improvement" is just another word for erasure.

As his reality begins to glitch and time itself starts to skip, he realizes the "perfect" women pursuing him are not people at all-they are iterations of a single, planetary consciousness pretending to be his ideal partner to keep him from leaving. Far from the safety of Earth, he must face the entity that salvaged his ship and decide if he can love a flawed, alien original more than the polished illusions designed to keep him captive forever.