How far can you go before the silence breaks you?
Commander Solene Ellis has left Earth behind forever. Now she drifts through the void aboard the colony ship Nia Kvara, watching over 100,000 colonists in hibernation. Only Ava, the ship’s AI, keeps her company.
The voyage spans 3,000 years, but for Solene, time comes in fragments—brief wakeful stretches between long, frozen sleeps. Hours blur into decades. Memories unravel. In the stillness, she begins to lose track not only of time, but of herself.
And solitude in deep space doesn’t stay quiet for long. Whispers echo where no one should be. Shadows shift just beyond her vision. A mysterious vessel appears in the void. Even Ava starts to act… strangely.
As reality fractures, Solene must face a terrifying question: is something out there hunting them—or has her own mind become the true threat?
In a quest for a new world, a woman captains a ship of hibernating souls on a 3000-year voyage. A stirring exploration of exile.
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Margie Peterson
Reedsy Discovery
I have to say that this is a high contender for my top ten, even top five, of 2025. It’s so interesting, well written and with such a flow that I could not put this down. I loved Solene... If you are a fan of science fiction with substance this is one for you.
Goodreads Reviewer
A sci-fi book that will make you stop and think… a horror of being inside one’s own mind and being locked away in space, in solitude, but with an AI companion.
Goodreads Reviewer
I loved Home Adrift, a story which will stay with me for some time to come.
Pauline Render
Goodreads Reviewer
In a quest for a new world, a woman captains a ship of hibernating souls on a 3000-year voyage. A stirring exploration of exile.
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Margie Peterson
The world is overwhelming. The lives we chase, the norms we follow, the time we waste, and the dreams we forget. I write to process. To understand. To make sense of it all.
I write because I run into walls—again and again. Walls that stop me from speaking, from connecting.
So I write. It's how I find my way through.
My debut novel, HomeAdrift, is a story of isolation, identity, and survival—told through the lens of space, but rooted deeply in the human need for home.
