If Ekaterin and Enrique’s bioremediation project with the “radbugs,” and their careful, humane approach to the Vashnoi exclusion zone grabbed you, you’ll love how Semiosis follows colonists learning to live with an alien ecosystem—right down to negotiating with a dangerously intelligent plant. The same blend of science-guided problem solving and moral care that guided Ekaterin’s choices about the squatters is front and center here, as settlers balance survival with responsibility to their new world.

You enjoyed the intimate, hopeful tone of Ekaterin’s on-the-ground work—hiking ruined Vashnoi, checking traps, and gently helping people who’d fallen through the cracks. A Psalm for the Wild-Built offers that same balm: a tea monk and a curious robot wander a recovering world, tending to small needs with big empathy. If the quieter moments—listening before acting, choosing compassion over force—were your favorite parts of Vashnoi, this will feel like a warm return.

If Ekaterin’s calm, razor-sharp competence spoke to you—outthinking problems from missing radbugs to the ethics of relocating squatters—Provenance centers another capable heroine who solves tangled social puzzles without firing a shot. Ingray’s mix of tact, courage, and moral clarity echoes Ekaterin’s leadership in the Vashnoi project, delivering a smart, character-driven SF story where empathy and wit are the sharpest tools.

In Vashnoi, Ekaterin weighs the risks of her tech—those voracious insects—and the rights of the hidden families living in the ruins. Hellspark runs on that same moral current: a savvy outsider must decide how far to push science and authority when a world’s people may not be understood—or even recognized—by visiting experts. If you appreciated the ethical tightrope Ekaterin walked while restoring a poisoned land, this first-contact classic will hit the same nerve.

Part of the fun in Vashnoi is the investigation: tracking stolen radbugs, following spoor into the blasted district, and uncovering the squatters’ concealed lives. The Spare Man brings that same puzzle-solving pleasure to a glamorous starliner murder case. If you enjoyed how Ekaterin and Enrique piece together evidence in rough terrain, you’ll like riding along as sharp, compassionate sleuths sift clues and motives in zero-g high society.