In the farthest reaches of mapped space, humanity finally discovered another intelligent civilization. But the closer they traveled to the alien world, the clearer one terrifying truth became: the strangers had already known about Earth for centuries. Orbiting silently above a planet of impossible megacities and glowing oceans, the crew of Odyssey Ark can only watch from a distance - afraid that a single signal, a single landing, could ignite something far beyond human understanding. Then the aliens send their first message. Not a greeting. Not a warning. A question. "Why did you take so long to find us?"
