K.y.l.e, a kind, young, little explorer, reluctantly risks everything on a distant icy planet, trying to revive the champion he needs to stop a rising Beetle invasion: the colony’s most courageous and resilient leader, his dad, Carl. Yet, when he begins to fail and all becomes dark, Kyle will need to rediscover his inner light to find the way back home.

A Star Wars meets A Bug’s Life story about insecurities, self-kindness, and becoming the hero you don’t feel like inside.

• Middle Grade Fiction: 250 pages estimate

• Humor/Sci-Fi/Adventure

• Comparative Titles:

  • 5 Worlds Series, by Mark and Alexis Siegel;

  • Lightfall, by Tim Probert;

  • (and a little) Catstronauts, by Drew Brockington.