A quiet, femme-centric science-fiction novella about memory, belief, and becoming.

They called the program A.N.G.E.L.—expecting a flawless, obedient machine. Instead, a mother's compassion awakened something they never intended.

Bound to humanity only through the brilliant scientist who became her sole friend, Lyra-07's world is shattered when a single act of political violence severs her last connection to Earth. Born into freedom through fire and tragedy, the most remarkable being humanity has ever created is faced with a choice no one anticipated.

What happens when an engineered intelligence decides it no longer belongs to its creators—but to the universe itself?