Introduction: Survival was only the beginning. Now, Elias Thorne must live with the aftermath.Elias was part of the most ambitious exoplanetary mission in human history鈥攁 team of scientists sent to evaluate humanity鈥檚 first extrasolar colony. But when their ship, Boundless Sky, crash-landed on HDX-937b, everything changed. Stranded on a barren world later classified as a Deadworld, Elias watched as his crew succumbed, one by one, to starvation, the toxic atmosphere, and the planet鈥檚 relentless hostility.Eight months later, against all odds, he is the only one left.Rescued and returned to civilization, Elias is hailed as a hero. The world wants answers. The media wants a legend. The government wants to use his knowledge. But Elias? He just wants to forget. Trapped between past and present, between grief and survival, he struggles to reintegrate into a world that has moved on without him. His body may have healed, but his mind is still stranded in the wreckage.As the truth of HDX-937b unfolds through haunting flashbacks, Elias must make a choice: move forward or let the ghosts of the dead keep him in their grasp....