Cover of The Ship That Answered Back

Science Fiction ยท May 2026

The Ship That Answered Back

Forty years after the colony ship Caldera vanished, salvage captain Mara Venn finds it drifting alive in deep space. Its passengers survived, but something answered them first. Now every rescue signal could lead an alien predator back to Earth. To save humanity, Mara must learn the hardest rule of first contact: do not answer alone.

  • first-contact
  • space-opera
  • mystery