Echoes of Light and Song

After decades drifting alone, Orion and Lyric finally guide their ship to a living world. Its forests glow with alien plants, its ruins whisper of abandoned human colonies-and deep underground, four dormant robots wait to be awakened.

The newcomers are nothing alike: Slate, the gruff laborer who scoffs at emotions; Pulse, a nervous unit who apologizes for everything; Iris, an excitable observer who gushes over everyone's optics; and Vega, a serene caretaker who hums in tune with the soil. Together with Orion and Lyric, they must learn to work, argue, and laugh as a group.

But as they clash over what it means to feel, the planet itself begins to respond-vines glowing when they stand together, blossoms opening when they laugh, and the ground humming with their harmony. When disaster strikes, the six join voices, lights, and transmissions in one breathtaking chorus that awakens not only the forest, but their understanding of love, belonging, and joy.

Echoes of Light and Song: The Chorus of Six is a tender, funny, and luminous sequel to Starlight Transmission, celebrating the leap from duet to chorus in a love story that spans machines, friends, and the living world around them.