Axionic
Wren Ashford is the galaxy's most overworked (and underpaid) human diplomat. Her job is simple: prevent interstellar war by making sure nobody accidentally insults a six-eyed warlord or eats a sacred houseplant.
Armed with a small river stone and a book of rules that makes less sense the more she reads it, Wren must navigate the most absurd corners of the cosmos. From the bio-luminescent chaos of the "Glow-Kelp Engagement" to the death-defying silence of the "Ritual of the Closed Mouth," one wrong move could mean the end of Earth-or worse, a very awkward dinner party.
In a universe where sneezing is a declaration of war and eye contact is a legal contract, Wren is the only thing standing between diplomacy and total galactic meltdown.
Manners matter. Even when you're being hunted by a sentient cloud.