In 3147 AD, Ayla Nova, ace commander of the Nova Fleet, enters a flash marriage with Kieran — a stranger she impulsively picks at the Genetic Matching Center — to secure her military authority and foil her stepmother Claire’s power-grabbing conspiracies.Though Kieran seems laid-back, he wields unimaginable power and repeatedly shields Ayla through crises. As plots of poisoning, kidnapping and parliamentary coups unfold one after another, the two gradually grow closer.While Ayla tracks down the hidden mastermind, she stumbles upon her mother’s long-buried origins and deeper family feuds. Meanwhile, Kieran’s long-concealed true identity is about to shake the entire interstellar order.