In a distant galaxy 49.5 light-years away, a message sent over the public channel of the universe passed a death sentence on humanity’s solar system.
“We’ve deciphered the signal.”
“What does it say?”
“Star chart coordinates.”
“Do they point to the signal’s source?”
“No. They point to the solar system.”
From the moment the signal was sent into the universe, Earth’s civilization began its countdown. But no one knew when the end would come.
A civilization on the brink of extinction, one that had barely begun to emerge, somehow attracted the interest of other advanced civilizations. They had come to ask for help.
Could a civilization about to be snuffed out before it even took root really help another, more advanced civilization?
In truth, even that advanced civilization did not understand. But according to the calculations of its “brain,” humanity was a truly special existence.
