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The future is far darker than we think…
The year is 2032. A space expedition sets out from Earth with the mission of reaching Alfa, a planet in the Andromeda Galaxy. The expedition is organised by the agency Aero Space, a joint venture of the governments of the United States and the European Union, and also…
Janet Lee, owner of the streaming service Real Life, which has tens of millions of subscribers around the world. The flight and the stay on Alfa are to be broadcast live. Although Alfa lies an unimaginable two and a half million light years from Earth, the journey is to take only two and a half years, thanks to astronomers' discovery of a wormhole in Jupiter's orbit, which makes it possible to reach the expedition's destination by a shortcut, as it were. The crew of the spacecraft Polaris consists of six astronauts: three close-knit married couples.
Susan Montero, an experienced investigative journalist, tries to find the answer to the question of who gave permission for Real Life to become a shareholder in Aero Space. On this matter, however, there is a conspiracy of silence…
Once they arrive, the crew quickly discover that the planet hides a dark secret. During one of the reconnaissance expeditions the astronauts sense the presence of an unknown, invisible force, which they soon begin to call the Phantom…
Marcin Ciszewski paints a terrifying vision of space and of a new, undiscovered world. The stifling atmosphere and the impossibility of escaping from the unknown will make fans of such hits as "Alien" and "The Thing" fall in love with this novel.