When the Stars Went Out

First came the silence. Then, one by one, the stars began to go dark.

Mara Kade, an astronaut stationed aboard the Kepler Orbital Observatory, is the last human left with a view of the universe's death. As communication with Earth collapses and the power aboard the station dwindles, she discovers a faint transmission—an ancient message echoing from the edge of the cosmos.

The signal speaks of civilizations that vanished long before humanity's birth, of worlds consumed by the same darkness now...