On the unforgiving surface of Mars, the colonists of Perseverance Point fight a daily battle for survival where every gram of water and every watt of power is precious. Their leader in the deep, Dr. Aris Thorne, is a veteran geologist who trusts in science and hard data above all else. His mission: to carve out a secure future for humanity, one meter of rock at a time.
But when his drill breaks through into a place that shouldn't exist—a vast, subterranean cavern lined with impossible, crystalline structures—the fragile reality of the colony begins to fracture. The discovery awakens something ancient. Adults who enter the cavern are plagued by disorienting whispers and shared hallucinations. At the same time, the first generation of children born on Mars, led by the curious and optimistic Leo Anders, begin to experience vivid, identical dreams of a long-dead alien city and develop uncanny new abilities they can't explain.
As the strange phenomena escalate, Aris must question his own sanity and a lifetime of scientific certainty to protect his crew. Meanwhile, Leo and the other Martian-born children are bound by a secret that is both a wondrous gift and a terrifying burden, evolving into something their parents no longer recognize.