Endless Orbit For three centuries, humanity has survived aboard Astraea-a wandering world-ship drifting silently through the darkness between stars. Built upon the shell of a rogue planet and sustained by generations of engineers, farmers, and navigators, its people believe their path through the void is stable, calculated, and safe. Chief Stellar Cartographer Adrian Fairchild discovers otherwise. A microscopic deviation in Astraea's trajectory reveals an impossible truth: the planet is changing course. Quietly. Deliberately. And no one knows why. As Adrian uncovers hidden propulsion systems, ancient automation protocols, and evidence of a destination concealed since the earliest days of the migration, he realizes their world has never truly been under human control. Deep within the planet's forgotten machinery, something old has awakened-something steering millions of lives toward a cold gravitational anomaly waiting in the dark. With time running out and the ruling Council determined to bury the truth, Adrian must descend into the mechanical heart of Astraea itself, where forgotten systems, dangerous secrets, and the true purpose of humanity's endless journey have remained hidden for centuries. Because sometimes the greatest danger in deep space is not what waits outside your world- but what has been guiding it all along.
