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The door has been opened. Humanity stands on the threshold of interstellar space. There is life out there.

Commander David Decker and his team have been sent to explore a planet fifty-seven light-years from Earth. Humanity’s first encounter with life on another planet, a thriving garden in the depths of space.

What they found was not what they expected. But that may be the least of their problems.

One of their number is already dead. Another may be a traitor. And they’ve lost their connection to Earth.

No communication. No supplies. No way home.

The universe is waiting. But are we ready?

Alex Guerrero and Teri Culpepper have nothing in common.

He’s an elite warrior, trained to be a leader in Earth’s premier fighting force.

She’s an academic, a professor of botanical sciences, struggling to keep enough grants coming in to support her meager research.

But now a catastrophe has forced them together, the lives of eight people hanging on the success of their daring mission into unexplored territory on an unknown planet. Can they work together to find the secret to survival on this alien world, or will their rivalry doom the entire expedition?