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Concept art for Polaris Station
In 2055, a mysterious object drifts across the lunar sky—untracked, unexplained—and disappears into the sun. Soon after, the world begins to fail. Satellites malfunction. Radiation storms ripple across Earth and space. Humanity dependent systems start to unravel, and no one can explain why.
When Kendall Parker (aerospace engineer) and his wife Katya (astronomer) witness other anomalies, they are pulled into a covert effort to confront a growing, invisible threat. As governments scramble and factions clash, a daring solution emerges: Polaris Station—an orbital system designed to detect and deflect catastrophic space events before they strike.
But building it will test more than technology. Embittered by past betrayals and strained relationships, Kendall must learn to rely on a team of engineers, astronauts, and family members to solve problems no one person can fix alone.
As the system comes online, something goes wrong. A rogue satellite. A rising solar crisis. And evidence that the danger may not be entirely natural.
With time running out, Polaris Station must do what it was designed to do—before everything humanity has built is lost.
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