It started as an anomaly - an outlier in the noise that's so common in astronomical data. But the truth sends the United States - and the world - careening into what will become humanity's LAST SPACE RACE.

You can't fly beyond the orbit of Saturn without a ship...and you can't fly a ship without a crew. For Sasha and Roger, the choices they make - or don't make - will have long-term, life-and-death consequences. Which are made all the worse when a tightly held secret gets exposed, throwing the whole globe into chaos.