Two

A door has been opened fifty-seven light-years from Earth. Ten people walk through it. One of them is a murderer.

Humanity stands on the threshold of interstellar space. There is life out there.

Commander David Decker is pulled off his submarine without explanation and handed sealed orders, a team he has never met, and a world no human being has ever seen. Three days to establish a beachhead. Three months to learn everything they can. And one directive that makes no sense at all: tread lightl...