The world’s greatest scientists have confirmed it—humanity has one year left. In six months, the planet’s core will begin to crystallize. In the six months that follow, the transformation will spread, wiping out all life. There is no stopping it. No escaping it. The countdown to extinction has already begun.

While governments scramble to keep the impending apocalypse a secret, Professor Ichiban, a brilliant scientist at Helios 9, may have discovered something that could change everything. But before she can reveal the truth, she vanishes.