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As a rocket crew explores deep space, they discover they aren’t the first to reach these distant frontiers. Ancient alien civilizations have risen, fallen, and vanished long ago. Just as the ruins of an extinct race’s city come into view, mechanical failure forces an emergency landing.
Stranded without replacement parts or a radio signal to contact base, the crew faces grim prospects as space fatigue sets in and military discipline begins to strain. Venturing into the deserted city to learn about its lost inhabitants, they spot an unsettling light glowing in the distance. Is it an altar, a temple, or something else entirely? Inside, they discover a strange television-like device that receives signals from across the cosmos without any transmitter. As their situation grows more desperate, the crew must unravel the secrets of the mysterious device—and the lost race—if they hope to survive.
