First published 2018
Emmett Atwater boards a Babel Corporation lightship bound for deep space. The company recruited him from Detroit with a contract promising enough money to secure his family's future forever. He joins nine other recruits aboard the vessel, each carrying troubled histories and desperate motivations. The Babel Corporation reveals their destination: Eden, a secret planet where the recruits will mine nyxia, now the universe's most precious substance. Only some recruits will earn passage to Eden's surface. The others face an unknown fate. Competition intensifies as Emmett realizes the ship harbors dangerous secrets about Babel's true intentions. He must choose between claiming the fortune that could transform his family's life or preserving his humanity in a system designed to strip it away. The stakes rise as alliances form and break among the desperate young people fighting for survival in the void between worlds.
Genres: science-fiction, adventure, action, young-adult
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: chosen-one, competition, found-family
Setting: Detroit, Eden, Babel Corporation
Period: deep space
400 pages · Paperback · Ember