
Already Dead
by Matthew Clark Leach

As her apprenticeship closes, Strew uncovers evidence that the galaxy’s First Contact may have ended in xenocide. An attempted journey off-world exposes her as psychic and shatters her idea of self. Determined to find the truth, she heads into space. Jailed, hunted, and forced into flight, Strew finds the galaxy more terrifying and welcoming than she could have imagined. Fighting for her life, she discovers allies in rebels, cyborgs, and sentient worlds.