In the sterile, emotionless regime of Humeria, former Technologist, Corvus, and a quiet-hearted woman named Wren are unexpectedly approved to become Nurturers to an infant boy designated XS-27. They name him Noen, their “Little Star,” and build a fragile, secret life filled with forbidden love, laughter, and hope.

But Tylaria’s perfect order demands obedience. When Noen defends another child during testing, he is immediately discarded, and Corvus and Wren are reclassified as Ghosts—stripped of their identities and cast into the wasteland.

Separated by grief, the two Nurturers take divergent paths: Wren seeks peace and escape, while Corvus, driven by silent rage, joins a Ghost rebellion to burn the system down. As one walks toward salvation and the other toward ruin, they must both confront what it truly means to love—and what it costs to feel in a world built to suppress all feeling.