FTL Travel Takes A Microsecond. The Entity Inside Takes A Lifetime

When a colony ship’s wake system fires three seconds too early, Dr. Tom Greer opens his eyes at the one moment passengers are never supposed to be conscious.

The fold is officially instantaneous. For Tom and hundreds of others, it lasts long enough for something in the dark to take their memories apart, rebuild familiar places from them, and watch what they do inside.

Back aboard the Beckwith, the clock says no time has passed. Their bodies almost agree. Their minds do not. Heart rates refuse to slow. Sleep becomes impossible. Survivors be...