Shizuka meets Lan Tran, a retired starship captain, interstellar refugee, and mother of four, in a donut shop off a busy highway in the San Gabriel Valley. Shizuka doesn’t have time for crushes or coffee dates with her life on the line, but Lan’s compassionate smile and star-like eyes may just redefine the value of a soul. Perhaps something as insignificant as a warm donut is capable of breaking a spell as wide as the California coastline. A narrative of magic, identity, curses, and hope begins when the lives of these three women get entwined by chance and fate, and a family worth crossing the universe for is discovered.
