Dust

At a remote starbase, a long-lost ship missing for 63 years mysteriously appears out of the black. There's no sign of the crew or any clue what happened to them. Plates of food are laid out on tables in the mess, a shower was left running, clothes laid out on beds - it's like all 57 crewmen just disappeared - or took a walk out an airlock. The ship's only shuttle is still in the hangar bay, unused and in perfect condition. On the bridge, the throttles are still wide open - indicating the ship had run until it ran out of fuel.Captain Stuart Flane of the starship Mercury is called in unwillingly, kicking and screaming, to investigate the mystery of the ghost-ship Amundsen - but will his skeptical superiors approve of the outcome?Dust is book three in Panic! Horror in Space, a series by Christina Engela.