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2174. Admiral Hackett has just recommended twenty-year-old Marika Shepard for a one-year Alliance-Turian military exchange. Tasked with training at a base near Cipritine, she finds herself immersed in a world that’s not quite ready to forgive, or forget. Seventeen years after the First Contact War, scars remain—and for a human in turian ranks, respect doesn’t come easy.
But amidst the rigid discipline and unspoken resentments, Marika finds something she never expected: belonging. And in one sharp-eyed medic with a laugh like sunlight—something even rarer.
Learning to fight alongside turians is hard. Falling for one? Surprisingly easy.
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- Part 1 of By Starlight and Sapphire
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2176. Two years after her exchange on Palaven, Marika Shepard finds herself adrift during shore leave—restless, bored, and still haunted by the past. When Anderson suggests she visit Elysium, she expects a quiet week. What she finds instead is Vitorius, the turian medic she never thought she’d see again.
Their reunion is cut short when the colony comes under brutal attack by batarian forces. Outnumbered and unprepared, the people of Elysium look to someone—anyone—for leadership.
Marika never asked to be a hero. But this time, running isn't an option.
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- Part 2 of By Starlight and Sapphire
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2182. Marika Shepard is no stranger to dirty work, but when Admiral Hackett asks her to investigate whispers of an Earth First cell gathering strength in the shadows, she reluctantly agrees. The job is off the books, deep-cover, and far more personal than she expects.
What begins as a simple infiltration spirals into something far darker—and far closer to home. As the truth unfolds, Marika is forced to confront the ghosts of her past, the cruelty of extremism, and just how far she's willing to go to protect the innocent.
Grief makes ghosts of the living—and some pieces of her may be lost forever.
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- Part 3 of By Starlight and Sapphire