The Keystone, a Screwball Space Adventure for Would-Be Heroes

Sometimes following the news makes you feel powerless. No matter how much we scroll, argue, and obsess over it, it feels like hope is slipping away.

In times like these, it’s comforting to lose ourselves in an adventure story. That isn’t turning your back on the world—it’s catching your breath. For a little while, we can be someone who has the power and clarity we wish we had.

But is solace all we can take from escapist stories? We’re not flawless heroes or fearless space captains. So what does pretending to be one really do for us, after we put the book down and face the news again?

What if a story showed us how the hero got that way—pulled back the curtain to give us a peek at the messy process by which the heroic sausage gets made?

This is the story of a space opera hero who’s only halfway there. Kate MacClaine can outwit pirates, fly her way out of a collapsing wormhole, and traverse a war-torn galaxy. But she’s unfinished as a human being: brilliant, abrasive, lonely, yet still full of untapped potential. Her greatest challenge isn’t surviving the stars—it’s learning to connect with others and see her own worth.

If you’ve ever looked at the chaos around you and thought, “We ought to fix that”—then realized "we" could start with you—then The Keystone is a story for you.

Welcome aboard.