A Stranger in the Squeezeline

A Romantic Space-Western with a Morally Gray Celestial

On the edge of the galaxy, the most dangerous thing to catch is a feeling.

Dr. Rin Karsk is an expert at staying invisible. As a frontier medical specialist on the mining moon of Ghedica, she’s spent years hiding from her past behind a shield of cold professionalism and rigid procedure.

On Ghedica, the "squeezeline" flares—unpredictable dimensional hiccups—are just another hazard to avoid. They’re dangerous, inconvenient, and definitely not her problem.

Until something falls out of one.

Solien isn’t human, he isn’t local, and according to the Helion Resource Syndicate, he isn’t even legal. He’s a stranger leaking fractal light and shattering Rin’s medical scanners. He’s being hunted across dimensions by celestial bureaucrats with the power to erase entire worlds.

When Rin makes the choice to treat him instead of reporting him, she breaks the first rule of survival on the frontier: Never get involved.

Now, Rin and Solien are trapped in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. With corporate auditors closing in, local cultists circling the crash site, and the squeezeline itself beginning to fracture, Rin must decide what she’s willing to sacrifice. To save her patient, she’ll have to tear down the walls she’s built around her heart—and reclaim a name she hasn't used in years.

A Stranger in the Squeezeline is a gripping Space Western Romance perfect for fans of Firefly and The Mandalorian. If you want slow-burn tension and emotional intimacy, and a grumpy-meets-sunshine dynamic set against a gritty corporate dystopia, this is the adventure for you.