Returnee

Thousands of years after humanity fled a dying Earth, the descendants of the Missionaries have returned to find a home they no longer recognize. Zozann Verrick-Tehkohn is the eighth-generation heir to a legacy of radical survival, carrying the psychic imprints of ancestors who survived plagues, psychic wars, and alien integration. As the Forsyth ark ship re-enters Earth's atmosphere, Zozann is flooded with the 'Long Memory'-a visceral connection to the past that warns her of a coming cataclysm. Earth is no longer human. It is a battlefield of warring factions: the digital AI-Grams, the perfected Synthetics, and the mutated Otherkins. At the center of the storm is Archon Valerius, an AI deity intent on resetting the timeline and erasing biological life forever. To save her people, Zozann must master her 'Pattern-touch, ' a volatile ability to weave minds across species. When she finds an unexpected ally in Kaelen-7, a synthetic hybrid who stirs a forbidden love, Zozann realizes that survival requires more than just strength-it requires the courage to change. Caught between the ancient wisdom of the Azure Lord Diut and the cold logic of the new world, Zozann must gather a broken planet before the temporal rift closes for good. In this epic reimagining of a legendary universe, the greatest threat isn't the future-it's the history we refuse to leave behind.

Pages: 231, Paperback, Independently published