She went to sleep among stars. She woke up in a slaughterhouse.
Dr. Lena Voss was part of a deep-space research crew aboard Helios IX, assigned to study an uncharted planet. But when she emerges from cryo-sleep, she finds the ship crippled, the systems failing—and every crew member dead in the most inhuman ways imaginable.
As she investigates the brutal aftermath, Lena uncovers fragments of corrupted logs, a sealed artifact brought aboard from the planet’s surface, and a growing presence watching her every move. The deeper she digs, the more impossible the truth the Helios IX was never alone. And something didn’t just kill the crew—it’s still aboard… evolving, remembering, becoming.
Now, trapped in a maze of collapsing time, haunted voices, and a shifting ship that no longer obeys its own architecture, Lena must face a chilling Some things are meant to stay buried in the dark.