Piperka

After her illegal engine mods sent her ship, the Deep Sky, into uncharted space and caused a critical hull breach, Anne lost six months of memories.
She doesn’t know who or what rescued the Deep Sky, but less than a year later, the alien Prac invaded a human colony–her former home.
She suspects her lost memories are a clue to why the clandestine cold war between the humans and the alien Prac has turned white hot. She’s willing to break the law to get her memories back and find out why her galaxy is at the brink of war.

This is not first contact. This is after. When the thrill wears off and it’s no longer just about you. It’s about the gritty reality of another life inhabiting your space, your playground, your reality. Breathing your air, eating your food, shitting in your pot.

You have to learn to accommodate a alien presence with it’s own desires and designs, aims and dreams. You have to learn because the alternative is silence and loneliness. First contact gave you a glimpse of life with instead of life without.

This is a story of how two very different species realized they were better off together than apart. It’s not for kids.