A young anthropologist is forced to confront uncomfortable truths when her study of an elusive species on a remote desert planet is the catalyst to a sleeping terror. **** The Z'Khosians. Scattered across known space, yet their origins are shrouded in a mystery that has gripped Marin since she was a young anthropology student at the Ali Hale Institute. Marin has seen wonderful things throughout her fieldwork, visited planets and studied the secrets of ancient civilizations few have ever had the privilege to. Even still, she finds herself unprepared for the revelations awaiting her on the harsh and barren planet Maro 5, or as the locals simply call it: Kho. As she reflects on her life choices that led her here, she grows more intrigued by the relationship quickly forming with her Z'Khosian escort, Eka. A relationship that frightens her, and excites her. Eka is different from the others. As more truths are revealed to her about the origins of this strange species, what dangers are they warning of? What horrors lurk beneath the crystalline sands and between the broken whispers of this forsaken planet? As they say, Kho is a big planet.
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