Ferocious Women vs. Family, Society, and Alien Worlds

Amara has just escaped her controlling and downright murderous family with her fiance Vinh. In need of a destination, they join a new colony called New Belaforme and bring Amara’s childhood friend Jesse alone for the ride. But New Belaforme isn’t just a place that can become home with hard work. It’s a planet that actively resists invasive organisms with a mechanism called the Gray. When a rival colony brings the existence of humans to the attention of the Gray, the Amara, Vinh, and Jesse must find a way to survive while also being haunted by memories of their many past betrayals.

Nilda Ricci is a down-on-her-luck portrait artist. Things seem to be turning around for her when she inherits a Victorian house designed by an architect that supposedly created buildings that could influence the inhabitant’s mind. At first things seem to be going great. There’s a handsome neighbor who seems tailor made for Nilda’s interests. But eventually, she begins to have increasingly odd experiences in her home, and she’s forced to wonder if the architect had dark intentions for residents like her.