Do Not Open: Book One of the Lines We Don't Cross series

In a Melbourne quantum materials lab, scientist Aisha Kade discovers evidence that should not exist: an organised interior world hidden inside a platinum ring. When the anomaly begins to communicate, Aisha and her colleagues choose caution over glory, building a first-contact protocol grounded in consent, witness, safety, and law.

The world within the ring, Isorion, is home to a civilisation that has its own councils, fears, and political tensions. Contact is possible, but only if both sides...