Publisher's Synopsis
Commander Steve Strunk was raised on Mars. He helped build Smart domes and trained astronauts. With the aid of artificial intelligence, he believes he's invincible. His co-commander, Elizabeth Beals is a genius who signed up for space exploration to put her past behind her. ISS Mars Headquarters labeled them the ideal team. Nothing is ideal forever... It's 2376, and Steve and Elizabeth have been voyaging through space when their ship Amelia awakens them. "Where are we? The date and time has stopped tracking! Why?" Their infallible space craft suddenly fails! The perfect team suddenly falters! Nothing-no amount of training or simulated instruction-could have prepared them for this breach in their mission, and their neural interface to the ships A.I. computer ceases. Can they trust their own senses at this critical time when they need them the most? Vulnerable on an ancient planet and navigating blind at the far reaches of the known universe, their relationship is speeding on a passionate trajectory, and Steve and Elizabeth race with a rapidly closing window of time to fix a dooms-day force that will destroy the entire universe the... Cosmic Rift!
