The Heart of Leo

.... Heart, a girl of fifteen, lives in a world of madness and grace, where test-tube babies are propagated to discover the secrets of Eternal Life. 

Left as a foundling on the doorstep of a Darling Undesirables facility, alive and healthy – without a heart! – she has always loved stars. Her first love is Caffau’s star, 13 billion years old, in the , one of the oldest and most mysterious stars in the Universe. 

Her destiny is set into motion when a Being of Light comes to her from Caffau’s star. With a voice of wind chimes, he takes her on a journey through the Universe and teaches her that the is shaped by the . 

The is the novella prequel to and includes chapter one of .