Dead Ice (The Shadow Wars #0.1)
S.A. Lusher
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In the farthest reaches of space lies an isolated mining planet called Dis, on the way to nowhere and of little important to anyone but those occupying it. In the northern most polar regions of Dis resides a handful of research and support outposts, carving out a miserable existence among the frozen wastelands, eternally shrieking winds and subzero temperatures.
Here sits Frost Station. A cobbled-together research station that is home to barely half a dozen personnel. Two months into a six month haul, these people are all out here for a reason. Some have been exiled, others have imposed their own.
For John Marshall, this job is a break from a world he no longer feels capable of coping with. Counting on the bland monotony of boredom and routine to keep his lack of faith in himself at bay, he's happy to deal with the everyday problems of maintaining a distant outpost.
But that all comes to a disastrous halt when a ship crashes just outside the base right about the same time their communications die for no apparent reason. As they pull bodies from the wreckage and try to solve the mystery of what happened, it becomes clear that something has gone horribly wrong when the only survivor from the wreck dies, then comes back to life...