As a young man of 27, Kian accepts a position on a distant world where he can escape the hardships and dangers of pushing drugs and the complications of a toxic relationship. However, he discovers that there is only more to run from. He barely acknowledges the impossible before realizing he never had the ability to outrun his past.

T. M. Bennett began his passion for writing at a young age while his mother homeschooled him. He did not wish to write "boring" journal entries for school and asked whether he could write fictional stories. Ever since, T. M. Bennett has maintained an active imagination and is usually up for trying things labeled "adventurous."