Chris9417
When Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace engages a Cylon Raider in a desperate dogfight, she doesn't expect to punch a hole through reality. Instead of the cold void of space, she finds herself crashing into the scorched dust of the Badlands outside Night City-a sprawling, chrome-plated hellscape where corporations are gods and humanity is a commodity.
Stranded in 2077 with a crashed Viper and a conflicted Cylon "sleeper" agent at her side, Starbuck is a relic of a dead world. But in the guts of the city, she finds an unexpected lifeline in Judy Álvarez, the Mox's brilliant, tattooed braindance editor.
As Arasaka agents hunt for the "extraterrestrial" tech fueling Starbuck's ship, the two women are drawn into a high-octane collision of military grit and punk rebellion. Between adrenaline-fueled firefights and the blurred reality of braindance sessions, a raw, slow-burn passion ignites. For Starbuck, Judy is the only anchor in a world that makes no sense; for Judy, the brash pilot is a spark of genuine fire in a city of cold neon. In a world where everything can be hacked, upgraded, or sold, Starbuck and Judy must decide what's worth keeping human. The Colonies are gone, and the stars are out of reach, but in the arms of a techie rebel, Starbuck might finally find something worth fighting for-right here in the chrome.