The Nano Plague

Captain Max Storm and the crew of the NPX-29A are running on fumes. Scarred by their escape from a singularity and drifting through the silent, dead space of the Void, they are desperate for a safe harbor. When sensors pick up a pristine, emerald-green planet in a sector where nothing should survive, it looks like a miracle. Perfect air. Infinite water. A garden in the darkness.

But the NPX-29A has landed in the mouth of a monster.

The grass is made of carbon-fiber gears. The wind is a data stream. And the "paradise" is a planetary-scale trap designed to lure starships and disassemble them atom by atom. The crew finds themselves under siege by a hive mind that views biological life as a messy inefficiency to be deleted and archived.

Trapped on the surface with their hull dissolving and their power draining, Storm must lead his crew in a battle against a planet that can learn their fears, mimic their faces, and counter every move they make. To survive, they will have to prove that humanitys greatest strength isnt its logic—but its chaotic, stubborn refusal to die.