A foul-mouthed, down-on-his-luck stand-up comedian fakes cancer in order to move back in with his estranged mother—who’s then diagnosed with the actual disease.
Cyborg soldier Jacob Sicarius awakens early from stasis to find the crew of his multi-generational colony ship entrenched in civil war. Can he win the war against the mutineers and the malfunctioning AI implant fighting for control over his brain?
What would you do if your mind invited you to a place where you could escape the world around you? Would you be enticed? Would you trust it? At first, Ialu is a sanctuary for people who are overtaken by their mental illnesses. But how stable is it?