A healer's oath knows no species.Doctor Waverly Keller is the chief medical officer of the starship Initiative-a red setter with a soft heart, steady paws, and an unshakable commitment to saving lives. Even lives the rest of the crew might prefer she didn't save.When a crashed Archidopteran vessel yields a single, badly injured survivor in "I, Hive," Dr. Keller faces her most challenging patient yet: a frightened insect drone from a hostile species, alone among strangers who can't even speak her language. But as broken limbs are mended an unexpected bond forms-one that could reshape the future of two civilizations.Then in "Gone, Not Forgotten," Dr. Keller uncovers a mystery that begins with a missing child and spirals outward until it seems the universe itself is unraveling around her. The doctor must face a terrifying question: what if the people you love were never there at all?Stories of compassion without borders, and a mother who never stops fighting for the ones who need her most.
