In Book II - Seeds of the Solstice (Solstice POV) The story shifts to the living sky-world of Solstice, where the Sevyn-an emergent species woven from memory, bioluminescence, and harmonic cognition-begin to sense the rise of a distant counterpart. Led by Taryn Vos, a scientist-philosopher standing at the boundary between tradition and discovery, Solstice must decide whether to reach outward or retreat from the great unknown. But ancient forces stir beneath the planet's surface: the Throx'aeks, whose long dormancy is ending. Their awakening threatens to fracture Solstice's fragile harmony and accelerate first contact before either world is ready. Book II tells the story of Solstice's doubt, hope, and dawning resolve- and the single signal Taryn Vos casts out into the darkness, heard by one human who feels its echo in their bones.