aikendao
A ring appears in the sky.
No one knows whether it is natural, artificial, divine, or alive.
Dr Shen is asked to help answer a question no government is willing to ask in public: what happens when the first sign of intelligence beyond Earth cannot be approached, touched, or understood - only seen?
Across the world, certainty begins to fail.
Scientists argue. Governments conceal. Faith gathers. And above them all, the sky remains open.
Silent.
Beautiful.
Watching.