The Celestial Seas by T. A. Chan

Description

Out in the dark between stars, some legends don’t die.
They hunt.

Ishara Ming knows this better than anyone. She’s the lone survivor of a spacefaring whaler torn apart by the Ballena—a mythical, sentient spacecraft whispered about in fear and disbelief. The encounter left her scarred, rebuilt in parts, and haunted by a memory that others insist can’t be real.

But Ishara knows what she saw.
And she’s going to find it again.

With a metal-plated arm, a glitching memory chip, and vengeance as her compass, she assembles a crew of outcasts, drifters, and fighters—people with nothing left to lose. At her side is Quinn, her fiercely loyal first mate, whose steady presence and wildfire spirit may be the only thing keeping Ishara grounded.

Then comes Augustus.

A ship mechanic with secrets of his own—and a method to track the untrackable—Augustus offers Ishara something she’s never had before: a real chance to hunt the Ballena. But his arrival shifts the balance aboard the ship, pulling Ishara into a gravitational tug-of-war between loyalty, trust, and something far more complicated.

As the chase intensifies, so do the cracks—in her crew, her memories, and her sense of self.

Because the deeper she ventures into the void, the harder it becomes to tell what’s real, what’s broken… and what she’s truly fighting for.

The Celestial Seas is a high-octane queer space opera filled with found family chaos, simmering tension, and cosmic-scale obsession. With echoes of myth and machinery entwined, it’s a story about identity, survival, and the cost of chasing monsters—especially when they might be chasing you back.

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Book Details
Author: T. A. Chan
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: March 31, 2026
ISBN: 0593693744