The "Big Crunch" isn't a distant theory. It's an accelerating reality. The universe is dying, two years ahead of schedule. Navigator Kaelen Aris is her species' only hope. To find a solution, she must undertake a desperate, off-the-books mission using a "forbidden" alien interface-a parasitic technology "hot-wired" into her living ship. But the "glitch" in the system isn't a bug. It's a "presence".
To fly, Kaelen must "surrender" to the alien "whispers". But this new, terrifying intelligence is leading her to a "ghost echo" artifact ... and its activation has just sent a "beacon" to a G-P-S kill-fleet that is already on its way.
The "Big Crunch" isn't a distant theory. It's an accelerating reality. The universe is dying, two years ahead of schedule. Navigator Kaelen Aris is her species' only hope. To find a solution, she must undertake a desperate, off-the-books mission using a "forbidden" alien interface-a parasitic technology "hot-wired" into her living ship. But the "glitch" in the system isn't a bug. It's a "presence".
To fly, Kaelen must "surrender" to the alien "whispers". But this new, terrifying intelligence is leading her to a "ghost echo" artifact ... and its activation has just sent a "beacon" to a G-P-S kill-fleet that is already on its way.