Survival and self-determination collide in this haunting,
pulse-pounding science fiction novel from Edgar Award-winning author
Matthew J. Kirby that spans both space and time.
"An intense, read-in-one-sitting kind of ride.″--Kirkus, starred
review
"Space exploration, teleportation, and cloning experiments end in
disaster in this heart-pounding thriller.″--Publishers Weekly
2199. Deep-space exploration is a reality and teleportation is routine.
But this time something seems to have gone very, very wrong.
Seventeen-year-old Jessica Mathers wakes up in a lander that's crashed
onto the surface of Carver 1061c, a desolate, post-extinction planet
fourteen light-years from Earth. The planet she was supposed to be
viewing from a ship orbiting far above.
The corridors of the empty lander are covered in bloody hand prints; the
machines are silent and dark. And outside, in the alien dirt, there are
fresh graves carefully marked with names she doesn't recognize. Now
Jessica must unravel the mystery of the destruction all around her--and
the questionable intentions of a familiar stranger.