Scientists have long known of the danger of gamma-ray bursts – powerful emissions of energy from distant cosmic events.

It began with a bang. The Earth shook as it was bombarded by high-energy particles without warning, and after that moment nothing would ever be the same again. Violent chemical reactions in the atmosphere rained down acid, dark clouds blotted out the sun and gave the impression of a desolate wasteland – but this was only the beginning …

Something else had caught a ride on the interstellar storm. Something only postulated by meagre human science without any comprehension of its true nature. Dark matter was transported to the Earth – and it was not simply inorganic as expected. It was alive, and it was wreaking havoc with reality itself.

Astrophysicist Emily Young is left to deal with a world gone crazy. Gravity has increased, leading to all sorts of cataclysms; acid pours from the sky at regular intervals; and something … anything … must be done about the dark matter – lest this marks the end of life on Earth.

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