A prison island. A sentient planet. A corrosive secret that was never meant to awaken.
When a cryo-pod ruptures aboard the Cerberus-class transport, elite enforcer Kael — known only as “The Silencer” — awakens into a catastrophe. The Special Cargo has dissolved its restraints, spreading a corrosive intelligence through the ship’s systems… and into the deep veins of a long-buried planet.
Below, Leyna "Nail" Ryl — former engineer, now prisoner — is building her own escape. But as tectonic whispers rise and drones begin to hesitate mid-flight, she realizes: the island of Skorpios is not sleeping. It’s watching. And remembering.
Together with a mute boy carrying a fragment of something ancient, Kael and Leyna must descend through collapsing tunnels, corporate lies, and crystalline nightmares to reach the island’s core — before the Confederation silences it forever.
For fans of Aliens, Annihilation, and The Expanse, Skorpios: The Living Depth is a high-tension science fiction thriller about planetary consciousness, resistance, and the terrifying cost of listening.