On Station Merrow, the lower levels survive on scraps while the great Houses control energy, technology, trade, and the futures of everyone beneath them. Cassian has learned to be resourceful in a system that never intended to give him much. His connection to House Draven is complicated, dangerous, and better left buried. Mireya, leader of House Solenne, has no interest in allowing Draven to decide the balance of power forever. When Cassian and Mireya enter an alliance that becomes a marriage, both expect strategy to matter more than affection. Instead, the arrangement begins changing their private lives as quickly as it changes the politics around them. Cassian's engineering instincts and understanding of neglected systems make him valuable to Solenne's ambitions, while Mireya gives him structure, safety, and the chance to become something other than a survivor defined by the House that failed him. Their growing intimacy unfolds against a larger struggle over energy monopolies, technological inequality, old family loyalties, and the possibility of building a society that does not repeat the hierarchy they inherited. The Starfire Consort is a science fiction romance blending space-station politics, advanced technology, powerful Houses, marriage of convenience, class conflict, and a deeply personal partnership. It follows two people who begin by using an alliance to alter the balance of power and discover that the future they want is larger than revenge. To create it, they will have to prove that innovation, trust, and shared purpose can outlast the dynasties that believe the stars belong to them.
On Station Merrow, the lower levels survive on scraps while the great Houses control energy, technology, trade, and the futures of everyone beneath them. Cassian has learned to be resourceful in a system that never intended to give him much. His connection to House Draven is complicated, dangerou...