Exodus of the Phoenix

Is an unproven, experimental starship the key to finally opening up the cosmos to human exploration?

As a mysterious alien race destroys space ships attempting to leave the solar system, humanity's dreams of interstellar travel seem as distant as the next star. With an aggressive and uncommunicative alien power blocking interstellar travel, military and government leaders had accepted that humans would never explore the galaxy.

But hope springs forth from the most unlikely of places. Humanit...