Signs in the Stars

The stars travel in fixed courses. They're reliable, predictable, unchanging—and gentleman astronomer Alden Caldwell appreciates this fact. They've never failed him, at least not until the night his wife died. That day, the constancy of the heavens abandoned him, and strange alterations marred the familiar firmament.

Though no one believes him, he's confident the aberrations he witnessed connect to her death. And he's sought proof ever since, holding steady to his purpose throughout the long...