The Outside

When autistic scientist Yasira Shien's new energy drive destroys a space station and everyone on board, the galaxy's AI Gods declare her work heretical. Abducted by their agents, Yasira is offered a chance at mercy: help them hunt down her vanished mentor. With her homeworld's fate at stake, Yasira must decide whether to trust the ruthless post-human angels or the rebel scientist whose theories could upend everything she knows.