In the early 22nd century, humans' electronic reproductions, known as engrams, have been sent on fact-finding missions throughout the known universe-searching for signs of alien life.
But what they find exceeds their wildest dreams-in nightmarish proportions.
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In the early 22nd century, humans have shed their bodies to travel through space. Produced through nanotechnology, their electronic reproductions, known as engrams, have been sent out on fact-finding missions throughout the known universe, searching for alien life. One mission finds something....