‘Violet’ is a debut novel that combines hard science fiction, the subtlety within prose enjoyed within literary fiction, atop a deep-rooted foundation of themes, style, and conventions from Buddhist and traditional Japanese literature. This novel, while multifaceted and layered, is approachable by a general audience familiar with fast-paced adventure, science-fiction with over-the-horizon tech, platonic notions of love and fidelity, as well as expressions of responsibility and consequences.Follow Violet on her journey across the solar system and rise to purpose in the turbulent era of humanity in space rocked by populist insurgency and impending starvation. To become a shooting star of hope, how low must you fall? ‘Violet’ centers on the titular character who undergoes her own journey to purpose. This is not a hero’s journey or coming of age story. This is a story about purpose and the responsibility of potential. Challenge yourself by putting yourself behind her purple eyes looking across human civilization in space atop the precipice twin crises which veil the true conflict burning throughout humanity. Have you heard the Parable of the Burning Home? It’s not a story those trapped within would tell you, yet, her eyes tell the If you meet the Buddha, kill the Buddha. “It’s like Buddhist literary fiction meets a hard science-fiction adventure during the era of space Japan.”This is the story of Violet’s rise to purpose within a torrent of doubt and under the weight of history. Within a world of human augmentation to fit the rigors of space-exploration, Violet grew up as the one "genetic anomaly" among the millions of humans in space. Even so, Violet’s purple eyes incessantly longed for Earth, veiled behind a metal shell. Wanting her own life behind that shell but fated to lead the next generation of space expansion - everything is thrown out the proverbial airlock when her father disappears during negotiations with a militant organization, Kimomo, Violet journeys to Mars. With Kibou, the only person she shares a brain-to-brain link with, they set foot on a world on the brink of fire.When machinations incite riots capable of undoing the stability of SAN, Violet collapses into a decision that shakes the livelihood of all humanity in space. To rectify the catastrophe, stave off starvation and insurgency, Violet joins new allies to stave off political instability, quell Kimomo, and take the plea for help to Earth. In a race against time and Fate, Violet either inspires a broken world to revival or acquiesce to the new empress. With the terms of her purpose, her beliefs, her spirit, and the enduring love, can Violet subvert herself to rise as a star, conquer death, and refuse to kneel before Fate?