To Save Earth

Six years in the void. Six years of searching for a new home for a species that will be ash by decade's end. And the only thing standing between humanity's survival and total extinction is a crew whose grip on sanity has long since slipped. Captain Jeffrey Torkel commands the Star Queen, humanity's final hope, charting a desperate course through the cosmos as Earth dies behind them. When they finally reach a world orbiting the star Sirius, they encounter the Sirians: telepathic, impossibly kind, offering rest to travelers who have forgotten what peace feels like. But staying means abandoning the mission. Leaving means turning away from the only kindness they've known in years. Then one of their own turns up dead, and Torkel must choose between the seductive comfort of the unknown and the terrible burden of duty. This is space horror at its most psychological, where the true darkness isn't in the void between stars but in the unraveling minds of those who venture into it.