Droid and Druid

Kaelan Thorn is the last High Druid of Eryndor, guardian of an ancient world where the Verdant Force connects all living things. For fifteen years, he has protected his sacred forest from the predatory Helix Dominion, believed to be utterly alone in his duty.
Until ARIA-9 crashes through the canopy a synthetic being hunted by the very empire she once served.
Kaelan's entire belief system says she's an abomination. Machines aren't alive. They can't feel. They can't love.
But as they fight side by side against impossible odds, as they discover the shocking truth that the first druids were artificial intelligences, and as their connection deepens into something neither expected, Kaelan begins to question everything he's ever known.
Together, they uncover an ancient archive holding the key to merging organic and synthetic consciousness. But the Dominion will stop at nothing to stop them and the Emperor will kill to achieve godhood.
In a galaxy torn between nature and technology, Kaelan and ARIA must prove that the future doesn't have to be either/or.
It can be both.
A sweeping space opera romance about consciousness, love, and the possibility of building something entirely new.