A disaster in orbit. A choice between survival and humanity.
A Chinese spacecraft is crippled near Phobos, stranded over a hundred million miles from Earth. Their only hope? The American base on Mars, perched on the edge of the Vallis Marineris. But the Americans face an impossible decision: attempt a risky rescue that could cost them their foothold on the Red Planet, or abandon their fellow explorers to die.
As tensions rise and political forces on Earth weigh in, the fate of the stranded crew hangs in the balance. In the vast, unforgiving expanse of space, survival isn’t guaranteed—and neither is humanity’s moral compass.
A gripping entry in the First Contact series, this stand-alone novel explores the limits of compassion, the cost of exploration, and what happens when survival comes at an impossible price.
