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An exciting new novel from a bold up-and-coming sci fi talent, The Forever Watch is a completely original take on the space opera subgenre, so full of twists and surprises it's impossible to put down. Hana Dempsey is a City Planning Administrator on the Noah. A sharp, fresh, and compassionately drawn new SF heroine, she is equal parts psychic, economist, hacker and bureaucrat. She's a vital part of the mission, but her life seems to lose purpose after she experiences Breeding Duty. Kept asleep through the impregnation and birthing that all women are obligated to undergo, she still feels a lost connection to the child she will never be permitted to know.

Policeman Leonard Barrens approaches her with a request for hacking support in the unofficial investigation of his mentor's violent death. Only Barrens knows that a crime has been committed because he came across the mutilated remains before Information Security could cover it up. To everyone else, the missing man was merely "Retired," nothing unusual. As Hana finds herself increasingly captivated by both the case and Barrens himself, the pair’s investigation takes them through lost dataspaces and deep into the uninhabited regions of the ship, where they discover that the answer may not be as simple as a serial killer after all. What they do with that answer will determine the fate of all humanity in this thrilling read.