Station 426 sits in the vast expanse of Antarctica, far from civilization and with limited access to the outside world. When a colossal structure appears out of the ice overnight, the crew begins an investigation that will unearth more than just the nature of the structure. Besides, that is not the crew's only worry. For the ice also hides something else. A lifeform, and it already has plans for the both the structure and for the crew. The stars demand skin.

A far-future descendant of humanity confronts the horrors of the universe and the possibility that the survival of the few may not be good for the survival of all. In a celestial graveyard of ships, they will make a choice that will affect humanity in the past, present, and future.