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Former NASA pilot Boston Low, enjoying a quiet San Francisco life, is summoned when a mile‑wide asteroid threatens Earth. Together with journalist Maggie Robbins and scientist Ludger Brink, he ventures onto the asteroid, unlocking a secret that transports them to Cocytus. Once a technologically advanced planet, Cocytus is now a ruin of rocky spires, underground tunnels, and eerie "museums." The trio must decipher the planet’s atmospheric intelligence and learn its history in order to save its destroyed inhabitants and find a way home. Their adventure blends high‑stakes spaceflight with ancient mystery, challenging every sense of known reality.
First publish date: 1995
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Alan Dean Foster
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