The Veil Of The Damned
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When the starship Veil vanishes on a deep space mission, its disappearance is buried beneath corporate lies and forgotten headlines. Years later, the children of the lost crew hijack a prototype vessel-The Resurrection-to uncover the truth about what happened. But the farther they journey into the void, the more they unravel a sinister conspiracy woven by the organization that sent their parents to die.
Guided by a tired, too-smart former CAPCOM operator, Dr. Alastor Junégold, the teens search for answers-but Junégold is hiding secrets of his own. With haunting echoes of the past, sabotage from within, and betrayals that cut deep, their mission becomes a fight for more than closure.
It becomes a reckoning.
A story of space, survival, legacy, and the human cost of ambition, The Veil of the Damned will drag you into the stars-and never bring you back.
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