While flying in uncolonized space, Elysa's starship was damaged beyond repair. Desperate, she landed on a planet. Illiam, a sentient world, had been alone for eons but only recently learned how painful loneliness could be. Elysa, now stranded, must learn to work with Illiam, her survival depends on it. Illiam is a novella, 60 pages long, for fans of stories like Cast Away, The Martian, and Gravity.