Welcome to the Astral Archive

Lottie Barrie, a 40-year-old woman, wakes from stasis 10,000 light-years from home to learn she is the last living human aboard her ship. Accompanied only by a senile AI and a resurrected synthetic android of her former boss (and nemesis), she soon discovers that being humanity's last relic carries unexpected consequences.

Tabitha's indie bookstore is drowning in rising rent, and her boyfriend offers all the emotional support of a wet paper towel. Her fortunes turn when rising football star Ben, ducking into her shop to escape the paparazzi, unexpectedly changes her life forever.

In a world ruled by magic, surviving without it is nearly impossible. Bartered off and forced into the brutal Celestial Trials of the Spire, magicless Seph finds herself surrounded by lethal assassins and seasoned spellcasters — with only her wits to keep her alive.

Queensberg Academy has moulded history's greatest luminaries — magic-wielders who bond with elemental spirits. When a wave of unexplained deaths strikes the prestigious school, earth elemental Seren must uncover the truth before her students become the next victims.