Virtual Flowers

Lotte Vennis is a survivor, but her scars go deeper than the burns on her face. After losing her family to a devastating fire, she dedicated her life to medicine, hoping to save others from the pain she endured. But her quiet life is shattered when a mysterious, glowing crystal fragment falls from the sky, merging with her soul and granting her a terrifying, ancient power.

Now, Lotte is no longer a doctor—she is C-9, a high-value prisoner in a cold, gray facility where her "damned power" is a commodity to be harvested. Under the interrogation of a ruthless operative, Lotte must confront her past and the cosmic entity known as Agleam, who warns of a savage force threatening to slaughter all of humanity.

Caught between a society that fears her and an extraterrestrial duty she never asked for, Lotte must learn to befriend the fragment within her before it consumes her entirely. In a world of cold metal and blood-red cells, Lotte will discover that even the most shattered soul can bloom into something powerful.

The flowers are virtual, but the war for Earth is real.

© 2026 Drew Greene (Audiobook): 9780466950484

Release date

Audiobook: 3 July 2026