Captain Elias Kane and the crew of the Celestial Dawn embark on what should have been a historic first-contact mission. But when an impossible black hole appears out of nowhere, their ship is pulled across the universe—into the grip of a world unlike any they’ve ever known.
Ruxhole is not just a planet. It’s alive. Watching. Testing. Shaping those who enter its domain. From rivers of molten fire to frozen labyrinths of endless ice, from shadowed cities filled with echoes of lost travelers to terrifying reflections of themselves, the crew must face trial after trial, each more impossible than the last.