End And Afterwards

"It was seven months since the world had ended, and it was her birthday." - Endeavour, the Earth's first starship, carrying the refugees from the ruined Earth to the stars, with a murderer on the loose on an ailing starship... - The few survivors on Earth, fighting to survive long enough to be rescued by the under-construction second starship - which will be doomed in any case if Endeavour fails in its mission... The world might have ended, but the struggle to survive has not.

As the overloaded Endeavour reaches the end of its long voyage and its hoped-for planetfall, the refugees from Earth need to find out: - Can they live on the planet Elpis? - What threats will it throw at them? - How quickly can they safely disembark - if they can disembark at all? Endeavour is desperately needed back on Earth to help rescue the last survivors. But if it does not establish a foothold on Elpis, there will be nowhere for them to go. Both on Elpis and back on Earth, though, the greatest threat to humanity is still humanity itself.