Part I: First Contact

*When radio operator Bez detects anomalous signals from the mysterious object designated 3I Atlas, he unwittingly triggers a cascade of events that will determine humanity's fate. What begins as routine monitoring of an interstellar visitor becomes a desperate race to hide Earth's technological signature from an alien civilization that classifies worlds as either useful or expendable—with "pest" worlds facing systematic extermination.*

*As Bez teams up with Celia, a mysterious woman with impossible knowledge and alien heritage, they must navigate the delicate balance between exposure and extinction, building an underground network of hackers, astronomers, and outcasts to mask humanity's presence before the Zelani probe completes its planetary assessment.*