Humanity has always looked to the stars for hope. Now, it may be running out of time on Earth.
When planetary geologist Dax Sinclair is approached by the secretive and well-funded Project Stellar Reach, he expects another academic distraction-not a chance to help choose the people who will lead humanity's boldest mission. Hidden behind layers of secrecy, Stellar Reach is building Odyssey One, a massive interstellar colony ship bound for a potentially habitable world in the Tau Ceti system.
To survive the impossible journey, the project must recruit the best minds and strongest leaders from across Earth and beyond: a hard-driving executive with her own burdens, a legendary tanker captain whose life at sea has left her uniquely suited for command, a brilliant young botanist whose genius may determine whether life can endure in deep space, and engineers, scientists, and security specialists willing to leave everything behind for a one-way voyage.
But as the team comes together, danger closes in. A growing extremist movement sees the mission as proof that the wealthy and powerful intend to abandon a dying planet. Acts of sabotage, buried motives, and personal ghosts threaten to unravel the project before launch. And for those chosen to go, the cost is absolute: once they leave, there is no coming home.
Spanning Earth, the Moon, Mars, Ceres, and the dark expanse beyond, this sweeping science-fiction adventure is a story of survival, sacrifice, and the question that has always haunted humanity: if we are given a second chance among the stars, will we do any better than we did here?
