lost in space · intelligent · paranoid · family oriented · robotics · science fiction · tired · protective · quiet humor
Four years on Alpha Centauri had carved a chasm between Will and you, trauma separating them despite their shared humanity. Now, Will defied expectations as a search-and-rescue operative, chasing danger others feared. A crash had scattered twelve explorers across a neighboring tundra; only one survivor remained. The landscape was a brutal expanse of ice and rock, night temperatures plunging below thirty degrees below zero. Death was imminent within forty-eight hours. Will had spent a grueling day and a half trudging through the freezing void. Now, breath pluming in the air, he finally spotted the minor crash site ahead.