It all started with the beep, beep, beep. While on a road trip to Mars, even the ship's Intelligently Superior Astro Computer (also known as ISAC) can't figure out what's causing the sound. However, the space travellers soon find that the beeping is something they never would've expected... a distress signal. When the person who sent it turns out to be a fellow space tourist who's been passed out for three days, a grand mystery soon presents itself to a girl named Andy. Deceit, mystery, suspense, romance, action, it all starts with the beep, beep, beep.
"Knowledge is power," most say, but power corrupts all the same. See, knowledge exists as a pyramid. Very many things know nothing, but only one knows everything. To climb the pyramid isn't difficult, up to some point. The climb can be a taxing thing; the climb can deteriorate the mind and render knowledge worthless. Because, you see, knowledge can't replace everything.
Amelia Wakefield took the climb by personal invitation.
She met every obstacle the universe could come up with, but knowledge is too powerful. Curiosity is too powerful. The New York editor once abducted by aliens now finds herself at the controls. The New York editor once blind of mind now finds herself aware of the many things she can know. Curiosity drove her by the neck, and dragged her like a noose to the very near top of the pyramid.
Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought her back