Status Quo

When survival means surrendering everything you’ve ever been, what’s left of who you are?

Lana has always relied on her wit, her body, and her understanding of human nature to stay afloat in the underbelly of human expansion. But when a brutal psychic crime lord ensnares her in a web of manipulation and desire, she faces a choice far more dangerous than life or death: play his game, or lose the only person who’s ever truly mattered.

Daray, stitched together by science and secrets, is both weapon and mystery—haunted by a stolen life and hunted for what she knows. Bound together by loyalty, attraction, and APRIL, the ever present AI whispering in their ears, Lana and Daray are thrust into a high-stakes struggle across the Sol System, where nothing is safe—not freedom, not identity, not even love.

As tyrants tighten their grip and old ghosts stir on Mars, survival will demand sacrifice. And in a universe that feeds on control, the fight for agency may be the most dangerous rebellion of all.

Status Quo is a pulse-pounding blend of cyberpunk grit and space opera intrigue—perfect for fans of Firefly, Foundation, and Altered Carbon.