by Warren Ellis
First published 2003
The space shuttle Venture touches down on Earth after vanishing without explanation for a decade. Only one crew member remains aboard: the pilot, alive but unresponsive, trapped in a catatonic state. The shuttle itself has been altered in ways that defy understanding. Three specialists arrive to investigate the mystery. They must piece together what happened during those missing years and determine where the rest of the crew has gone. The ship holds secrets that challenge everything they know about space travel and human capability. As they dig deeper into the evidence, the team confronts questions that reach beyond science into the nature of consciousness and reality itself. Their investigation becomes a race to understand not just what Venture encountered in the void, but what it brought back with it.
Genres: science-fiction, mystery, speculative-fiction, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: investigation, lost-crew, mystery
Setting: Earth
Period: 21st-century
104 pages · Hardcover · DC Comics / Vertigo