Gabriella Bradley

Peace on Chorix 87W was never going to last forever. Eighteen years after the colony won the right to coexist with the sentient world beneath their feet, Asha Sullivan has grown up knowing only Chorix's living harmonics and fragile balance. But when a new discovery on the planet's distant far hemisphere draws renewed interest from Earth, old tensions begin rising once again. Among the arriving delegation is Emrys Gardner, a quiet young scientist whose fascination with Chorix quickly places him at odds with the colony-and unexpectedly close to Asha.
As the planet's strange silences spread and conflict threatens the fragile peace her parents fought to build, Asha finds herself caught between loyalty, fear, and a mystery buried deep within the living world she calls home. Chorix is changing. And this time, it may not be speaking to humanity alone.