The novel “Light of Impossible Stars” by Gareth L. Powell was published for the first time in 2020. It’s the third book in the Embers of War series and follows “Fleet of Knives”.

The starship Trouble Dog is on the run from the Fleet of Knives, like any other starship whose crew doesn’t intend to abide by the strict rules that were set for humanity. The only hope seems to be in the Intrusion, where reality is very different from that of the normal universe.

Cordelia Pa and her half-brother Michael salvage alien artifacts, as they can make some good money out of them. When they get in trouble, they get rescued by people who tell Cordelia they want to take her to her father. Michael doesn’t have the courage to leave everything and go with her and Cordelia finds herself living a life completely different from the one she knew, not least because she starts manifesting strange connections with the alien artifacts.