The Missing Hemisphere

Her father left behind a ruined reputation, and observations she cannot explain.

Astronomer Naomi Calder has spent years keeping her father's disgrace separate from her own work. After his funeral, she inherits the notebooks he kept long before his career collapsed. Reading them as data should be easier than reading them as a daughter.

It isn't.

Buried in the old measurements is a dimming star whose behavior deserves a closer look. Testing it leads Naomi back through archived observations, an unresolved history of altered data, and colleagues whose memories do not tell the same story.

She cannot clear her father by ignoring what he did. She cannot dismiss his work simply because believing it would be dangerous. And with telescope time scarce, the next chance to observe the star will demand a proposal strong enough to withstand the scrutiny her family name invites.

As the investigation reaches a mountain observatory, Naomi must make room for both the scientist she is and the mother her young son needs, while confronting a question more difficult than whether her father was right.

The Missing Hemisphere is a scientific mystery about inherited shame, unfinished evidence, and the courage to pursue an answer that may offer no easy vindication.

Book 2 of The Unfinished Sky. A complete story that can be read independently.