In the year 2380, humanity thrives across six hundred worlds linked by wormholes. The Intersolar Commonwealth is a near-perfect society, secure in its power and reach.
Until a star disappears.
Astronomer Dudley Bose witnesses the impossible: a sun vanishing one thousand light-years away. To investigate, the starship Second Chance is launched under the command of Wilson Kime, a rejuvenated ex-NASA pilot with lifetimes of experience. But even before the crew reaches their destination, whispers of sabotage and infiltration threaten the mission.
What they discover is not natural, not accidental, and not meant to be seen. A force long hidden has awakened, and its release could unravel the Commonwealth and annihilate humanity itself.
Some doors are never meant to be opened.
