In the year 2056, a legacy of science, wonder, and interstellar curiosity lives on through three generations of the Wallace family—each more brilliant and daring than the last.
When a child’s innocent question—“Daddy, are satellites how men talk to God?”—sparks a revolutionary leap in human communication, it sets off a chain of events that alters the course of history. From the pioneering invention of the Pinger-Drone system to a daring deep-space mission led by a capuchin monkey named Lucy, humanity stands on the cusp of something extraordinary.
Now, young Jonathan Ellison Wallace III—scientist, dreamer, and grandson of the original architect—discovers a mysterious pattern hidden in the stars… one that may rewrite everything we thought we knew about energy, existence, and destiny itself.
As political forces, military interests, and cosmic mysteries converge, Johnny secretly constructs the EL.E.X., a device designed to capture undetectable energy from a seemingly dead planet. What begins as a scientific curiosity quickly becomes a mission that could shift the balance of power—and open a gateway to untold truths about the universe.