Publisher's Synopsis
Alone in space, years from rescue, and everyone she knows has vanished.
The Celestus research vessel arrived at the newly discovered planet Janis IV only a few months ago. Despite the strict control of information aboard, a rumor has leaked from the astrophysics department about the detection of a mysterious unknown energy signature that will pass through the star system in a matter of days.
Dr. Beth Adler has little time to speculate on the gossip when an unconscious engineer is transported up from the planet and put in her care. Initial tests show no cause for his unknown condition. However, the sparse incident report differs from the witnesses who found him outside the protective domes. Beth's investigation quickly uncovers two disturbing facts: the engineer didn't have exo-colony authorization, and no known substance on the planet could have punctured his environment suit.
Driven to dig deeper, Beth awakens sealed in an unpowered room. She remembers the joy of her patient finally awakening and the horror of him suddenly breaking free of the secure medical facility. Beyond that, her fragmented memories refuse to fill the missing time. Not one to sit idle when faced with a challenge, she escapes her enclosure, only to discover an unfathomable nightmare. Entire ship sections are mangled or missing, while the doomed vessel drifts lifelessly in a decaying orbit.
With eerie occurrences and inexplicable phenomena haunting its abandoned corridors, Beth embarks on a perilous journey aboard the massive derelict vessel to discover the fate of her lost crew-mates and piece together the events that began with her patient's inauspicious venture.
In this gripping sci-fi thriller, join Dr. Beth Adler on an adrenaline-fueled odyssey of mystery, survival, and betrayal amidst a colony on the brink of collapse.