The Splice Horizon
Meridian is a city-ship with a purpose. Find a cure for Spiral Atrophy. Dr. Elias Tharros binds himself to the mission for twenty-five years and joins Captain Draeven’s Wardens in....
Meridian is a city-ship with a purpose. Find a cure for Spiral Atrophy. Dr. Elias Tharros binds himself to the mission for twenty-five years and joins Captain Draeven’s Wardens in live captures of alien “lattices” that might teach tissue to hold. The Charter is strict. The cure must belong to everyone. No shortcuts. No weapons. Then the encounters begin to echo in the crew. A pilot hears timing like touch. A handler steadies fields that should not listen. Breath becomes more than breath. Powers arrive as a consequence of contact, not a birthright. As Meridian crosses new systems, Elias must decide what lines he will cross to save his family, and what lines keep the future worth saving.