Steel and Stars

Earth’s resources are running out, and humanity is fleeing into space. In search of his father, who vanished seventeen years ago, civil engineer Lu Chen travels to a space station in Jupiter’s orbit. There, he unexpectedly picks up an anomalous signal from deep space. It comes from an alien spacecraft, one that does not belong to humanity and is approaching at an incredible speed.

When the ship stops three thousand kilometers away, and the object it launches presses against the observation window, a Chinese character emerges from its golden glow: “Chen.” Lu Chen realizes that the end of this journey holds far more than a simple answer.

The universe is calling. And the name it calls is his.