THEIR LOVE WILL SET THE STARS ALIGHT . . .
Silver has been trained since birth for her mission: collect data on the humans to test if Earth is viable for her home ship, Charybdis, to colonise. The only rules are that she must feed back the data she collects to the ship, and at all times follow the Mantra: To touch is agony. To feel is pain.
So when Silver inhabits the body of a young woman and infiltrates the house she is staying in, she must learn to pass as a human without revealing her true identity. But she isn't prepared for how the humans will get under her skin. And she definitely isn't prepared for Finch, the boy she starts to fall for. Especially when he touches her - and it doesn't hurt.
It is not how Charybdis said it would be.
Have they been lying all along?
Conflicted by the war between her growing feelings for Finch and her allegiance to her ship, Silver must decide who to stand by and who to betray.
A genre-defying story of life, love and the universe, tackling themes of identity and belonging, and encompassing romance, contemporary sci fi, and thriller.Powerful and electrifying high concept: an alien girl falls in love with a human boy, but what does it mean for both their people?Beautiful and cosmic romance at the heart of the story; think the star-crossed love of THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LA RUE mixed with the tear-jerker ending of THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END.For fans of thought-provoking speculative fiction including David Levithan's EVERY DAY, Darren Charlton's WRANGLESTONE and David Arnold's I LOVED YOU IN ANOTHER LIFE.Olivia is a critically acclaimed UK-based author and writes with a distinct literary commercial voice and style. 
