Maya Bennett is eighteen, brilliant, and already considered one of science’s brightest young minds. Unfortunately, the universe has given her another obsession: high fashion. When a night job at an old coastal observatory introduces her to a research incentive program that pays for new discoveries, Maya realizes her extraordinary talent may finally have a practical purpose. Armed with a telescope, a probability model, and a very expensive wish list, she begins searching the stars with an entirely different kind of motivation. The Cost of Discovery is a playful story about genius, ambition, beautiful things, and one young scientist who proves there’s more than one reason to reach for the stars.