Grounded Dreams

Before the jump drive, settlers fled Earth aboard generational colony vessels, spending centuries between the stars. Their scattered descendants built hundreds of isolated worlds, each with its own distinct culture, never expecting to hear from their fellow humans again.

Then, eighty-seven years ago, Earth invented the jump drive: crossing between stars in seconds. Humanity has been trying to reconnect ever since.

Finn Svensson is a talented starfighter pilot in his mid-twenties. Discharged in disgrace, he still clings to his dream of the stars. To earn his place in the galaxy, he must navigate love, loyalty, and the ghosts of his past.