"I devoured this in a weekend!" He's watching the aliens. Someone's watching him. And his missing wife knew why. Bill Taggart's wife vanished two years ago on Exilon 5. Erased. No body, no answers-just one final, terrified message. Officially, she's dead. But Bill knows better. Assigned to monitor the colony's indigenous species, his surveillance work is turning up contradictions the World Government can't explain-and doesn't want him to notice. Files are being redacted. His movements are tracked. And the Indigenes-silent for decades-are starting to move. His wife knew something. Now someone wants to make sure Bill doesn't find out what. And the official story about Exilon 5 is beginning to crack. A sci-fi conspiracy thriller for fans of Altered Carbon and The Expanse. Start the investigation.