We’ve spent three years on the Amiica, a tech vessel used to deploy communication relays.
We’re on our way to an uncharted region of space, our target being Inconnue, an unprepossessing planet whose orbit around the local star is perfect.
It all starts when Bob, our Claune AI, starts talking in riddles, jumbling words, and soon we do too.

“C-mass” is a novella dealing with the pressure and uncertainties of first contact, and with what it means to be human.