Deep

As one of Earth’s Galactic Enforcers, Lawn Bascomb is assigned to Area 6Y for the duration of one year. Her only companion in this desolate section of space is Deep, her sentient Vogt ship.The Vogt line is an experimental breed of unique vessels, each with its own artificially enhanced intelligence, created specifically for use at the deep space guard posts. Able to project a synthetic holographic form, Deep is not only Lawn’s sole fellow crew member, but he is also her confidant, and eventually her lover.But their tenuous arrangement is suddenly and fatally shattered when their post is destroyed by an unknown alien force. Before long, Lawn and Deep are faced with the realization that, in order to save Earth, one—or both of them—must die.