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"The Last Astronaut"
Commander Lila Voss thought she'd be returning to an Earth she recognized. But when she reemerges from a dangerous wormhole, she finds a universe abandoned, lifeless, and shrouded in the haunting silence of extinction.
With only her AI, Helios, to guide her, Lila sets out to uncover the mystery of what caused humanity's downfall. Ancient distress signals, empty cryo-pods, and alien contamination hint at a horrific past-a catastrophe buried by time. As she journeys through long-deserted stations and desolate worlds, Lila begins to suspect that the disaster she's investigating has left her completely alone in the universe.
In a race against time, Lila must decipher the cryptic messages of humanity's last days, track down the hope of survivors if any exist, and face a shocking truth that challenges everything she knows about the universe-and herself.