The galaxy has always depended on people who notice what others ignore. Larona Ku'os Dathan is one of them. A young hybrid child living between Human, Tonan, and Prosian cultures, Larona begins exhibiting unusual perceptual abilities that challenge both science and society. She can detect hidden flaws in machinery, recognize structural inconsistencies, and perceive patterns buried beneath ordinary sensory noise. At first, her family believes she is simply gifted. Then the incidents begin. A failing relay no scanner detected. A damaged support structure moments before collapse. A phase-drive anomaly sensed before instruments register the danger. As scientists, merchants, engineers, and members of the Order of the Flow struggle to understand what Larona is becoming, a new term begins spreading quietly through the stars: Stragufalg - "Listener." Meanwhile, medical discoveries involving lysine deficiencies, Terget neural compounds, and hybrid neurodevelopment reveal that Larona may not be alone. Set within the expanding SS Scavenger Universe, Larona Dathan - Listener is a thoughtful science fiction novel exploring perception, cognition, family, identity, and the boundaries between intuition and science. Perfect for readers who enjoy: character-driven science fictiongrounded speculative biologyfirst-contact cultural evolutionhopeful futuresintelligent young protagonistsdeep-worldbuilding space opera
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