SHE WAS A PRODIGY. A girl with a brilliant mind, a loving family, and a future brighter than the stars. In the year 2045, thirteen-year-old Zuri Martins watches her father leave Earth on a mysterious mission to the Moon. He promises he'll return. He never does. Years pass. Her home crumbles. Her mother descends into addiction. The world forgets about the missing astronaut. But Zuri never does. Then, twelve years later, a shocking news report changes everything: Commander Karl Martins has vanished during a classified lunar mission. The announcement awakens something inside Zuri. Something dark. As grief turns to rage, one terrible night leaves her best friend dead and buried beneath the forest soil. With police closing in, strange glitches appearing around her, and a growing darkness she cannot control, Zuri begins to unravel. But the deeper she falls, the more impossible questions emerge. Why does technology malfunction around her? Why does she feel watched? And who is the mysterious man who appears after her attempted suicide, knowing her name... and her father's? From shattered friendships to buried secrets, from lunar mysteries to forces beyond human understanding, "morningstar" is a dark sci-fi fantasy about loss, guilt, survival, and a secret hidden on the Moon for over a decade. Some people disappear. Others are taken. And some were never meant to return.