Dr. Aris Thorne believes life is a cosmic fluke. But when his deep-space mission encounters a sentient nebula-a vast, intelligent cloud that communicates through gravitational waves and light-his worldview shatters. He learns that life is the universe's fundamental principle: stars are conscious, planets are dormant seeds of thought, and black holes are cosmic synapses. Humanity is not an exception but a latecomer to a galactic network of existence.