Deceived by Sophie Stern

I never should have flown this close to Malum.
If I had stayed away, maybe it wouldn’t have come to this. Maybe I wouldn’t have crashed into the planet’s ocean and maybe I wouldn’t have climbed right into the cliff-side home of a creature so big, so wild, and so terrifying that I’m both horrified and aroused at our close proximity.
Now that I’m deep in the heart of Malum, a planet both forbidden and feared by the people of mine, but something is wrong.
Malum is nothing like I was promised. It’s not the horror-filled wasteland I was told that it was. In fact, it’s not nearly as scary as it should be, and the realization that my father lied to me is horrifying.
There’s a big problem on Malum.
It’s bigger than the ship I crashed.
It’s bigger than the dreams I threw away.
It’s bigger than the hopelessly handsome alien who is trying to guide me home.
And I’m the only one who might be able to save everything.