NASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the _target under intense surveillance for decades, letting the public believe they were exploring the solar system, while they worked feverishly to refine the technology needed to reach it. The ship itself remained silent, drifting. Dr. Jane Holloway is content documenting nearly-extinct languages and had never contemplated becoming an astronaut. But when NASA recruits her to join a team of military scientists for an expedition to the _target, it's an adventure she can't refuse. The ship isn't vacant, as they presumed. A disembodied voice rumbles inside Jane's head, "You are home." Jane fights the growing doubts of her colleagues as she attempts to decipher what the alien wants from her. As the derelict ship devolves into chaos and the crew gets cut off from their escape route, Jane must decide if she can trust the alien's help to survive.

NASA discovered the alien ship lurking in the asteroid belt in the 1960s. They kept the _target under intense surveillance for decades, letting the public believe they were exploring the solar system, while they worked feverishly to refine the technology needed to reach it.

Dr. Jane Holloway never thought she wanted to be an astronaut. But when NASA recruits the linguistic-savant to join a team of military scientists for an expedition to a mute, alien spaceship drifting in the Greater Asteroid Belt for over sixty years, it's an adventure she just can't refuse. The explorers believe the ship is vacant, but stumble upon an infestation of slug-like creatures and inadvertently trigger their metamorphosis into venomous predators. Life support issues, gravity fluctuations, and the threat of explosive decompression plague the explorers. In the midst of this, a disembodied voice rumbles inside Jane's head, wrenching her into a disorienting mental environment constructed from her own memory. That voice is Ei'Brai, the sole survivor of ship-wide genocide, and he wants something from her, but isn't forthcoming about his objectives. Jane fights the growing doubts of her colleagues as she attempts to separate fantasy from reality and decipher what the alien wants. As the derelict ship devolves into chaos and the crew gets cut off from their escape route, Jane must decide if she can trust the alien's help to survive.

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Es ist das bestgehütete Geheimnis der NASA: Seit Jahrzehnten driftet ein außerirdisches Raumschiff im Asteroidengürtel. Es sendet kein Signal, ist einfach nur da. Nun endlich ist es möglich, ein Team von Militärs und Experten zusammenzustellen und hinzufliegen. An Bord ist auch die Sprachenforscherin Dr. Jane Holloway. Als das Team das Schiff erreicht, erlebt es zwei Überraschungen: Es ist nicht unbewohnt – und als der Rückweg zur Erde abgeschnitten ist, ist es allein Jane, die die Sprache der Aliens versteht ... Doch was wollen sie von ihr? Und von der Erde?