A voice from the darkness promises utopia...¿ ...whatever the cost. Nothing in Lieutenant Ambera "Tharsis" Chen's life has turned out the way she hoped. Stuck at a dead-end base with a terrible commander, all she wants to do is serve out her time and go home. So when a friend offers a night of dimension-hopping fun, Tharsis can't resist. Who cares if it's illegal? ¿But her friend's intentions are far from innocent. And the Kuiper, silent for decades, has begun speaking again. ¿Soon, Tharsis finds herself embroiled in a plot to reawaken a power that may save, or damn, what remains of the human race. Will her actions lead to the Heliosphere once again plunging into war? Or can she stand firm and break the cycle of chaos?