Otherworldly wonders enthrall the colonists as they brave ever more alien worlds. Yet bewildering phenomena befall those souls who vie for a future on a dying planet. And time slips from its mooring as the universe swirls into chaos... Dr. Kyle Elmhurst's survey team gets swept into a bizarre future during an eruption in the Antarctic in 2031. In the Gulf of Alaska, marine biologist Joyce Levine and the Spartan's crew confront...