In this exciting debut science fiction technothriller, a top-notch VR pilot encounters a disaster during the highest profile space-faring project of her career. Now she must unearth a critical truth: was her discovery due to a betrayal, a business rival, or a threat to humaity itself?
We are live, we are live, we are live . . .
Helen Vectorovich holds the unique distinction of failing at first contact-and she did it in both virtual reality and outer space.
Only the most elite teams of operators and navigators get to pilot in remote space-mining operations. And no one was better than Helen and her navigator. Together they secured a multibillion contract for establishing an interstellar gate to a distant star. But during a routine mission, what should have been an easy success turned deadly.
Helen, grounded in a desk job, has overeager junior pilots jockeying to take her place, jealous corporate rivals, and nasty rumors blaming her for the botched mission. Meanwhile, Helen''s new discovery in space-the Scale-seems to be . . . evolving.
When someone-or something-wants to terminate her project, Helen must race to find out why before it is far too late.
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