It has been three months since Saraswati Kaveri won Interstellar MegaChef with Serenity Ko’s groundbreaking new food simulation, Feast.

There’s still so much to do—Saras is busy promoting Ko’s invention as the public face of Feast, while Ko keeps fighting battles to steer its development at XP Inc. They’ve decided to just be friends for now, at least until the sim’s impending launch, but the kiss they exchanged that heady night hangs over them both.

And sometimes it seems the whole galaxy is lined up against them. Saraswati’s secret past is coming under scrutiny, while old rivals are running smear campaigns against her now. And the cookery world is divided over Feast, proclaiming it a bold new invention and a betrayal of the chef’s art by turns.

And others see Feast’s darker potential—not as an experience, but as a weapon...