About this ebook
A few months after claiming the Soft Orbit as their own, Eli and his small crew have settled into a quiet, steady rhythm of independent work. The ship feels like theirs. The days feel ordinary in the best way.
When environmental systems specialist Mara Okonkwo requests temporary passage, the arrangement seems simple. She needs transport. They can use her expertise. No one expects the Soft Orbit’s deeper problems to surface, or that Mara’s careful distance will become harder to maintain with every shared day.
As an old, undocumented modification threatens the ship’s stability, the crew must open their home to real vulnerability. Trust becomes necessary. Boundaries shift. And the question of what is temporary and what is worth keeping grows impossible to ignore.
A gentle story about expanding a found family, the courage it takes to need someone, and the quiet decision to stay.
Second Drift is the second book in the Soft Orbit Collective series.
