She wakes in a ship that shouldn't exist. A dying universe is waiting for her to choose which part of it survives.Nova Lissandro opens her eyes inside STANIC, an impossible hybrid of starship and deep-ocean vessel with living walls that breathe around her. She remembers nothing: not her mission, not her past, not even her own name. But the truth reveals itself in fragments. Earth's oceans have collapsed, the stars are going dark, and humanity has already failed.The Abyssal Gate, a cosmic fissure in the Mariana Trench, links Earth to a distant and reality-bending galaxy. STANIC was built for one purpose: to enter the Gate and seek a phenomenon capable of restarting either the oceans or the stars.As Nova navigates the ship's organic corridors, haunted by a disembodied voice and watched by an ancient presence woven into STANIC's consciousness, two forces begin calling to her. One rises from Earth's deep, primordial and familiar in a way that terrifies her. The other falls from a distant galaxy, brilliant and seductive, a beacon of forgotten light. Both know her. Both want her. And both demand a choice that will rewrite existence.Across the universe, Cassian Hale, the brilliant astro-navigator who loves her, is breaking every law of physics to find her. Half-mad with conviction, he follows the faint thread of her existence through shattered star systems, willing to burn galaxies to bring her home.As Nova's memories return in painful shards, she unravels a scientific truth that redefines evolution, consciousness, and love itself. At the heart of the Abyssal Gate, she must make an impossible decision: save a dying Earth or relight the fading cosmos.If she chooses wrong, reality will not survive the fallout.Perfect for readers of science-fantasy epics, atmospheric cosmic mysteries, and love stories carved into the bones of the universe, STANIC is a genre-blending, emotionally charged odyssey where the universe fractures but love refuses to fall silent.