Kairos.  A word the empire used for certain opportunities. The kind of opportunity that was offered to Dev’s entire planet shortly after his seventeenth birthday. An opportunity that reforged fate itself.  Among the millions of planets controlled by the empire, his is the only one attuned to Eclipse. As such, they have poured resources into uplifting its essence, and he will be one of those to benefit from the first step, as the world ascends.  Cover art generated using WOMBO Dream, text added by me. [participant in the Royal Road Writathon challenge]