DEEP SKY BY YUME KITASEI

Yume Kitasei’sThe Deep Skyis an enthralling sci fi thriller debut about a mission into deep space that begins with a lethal explosion that leaves the survivors questioning the loyalty of the crew.

They left Earth to save humanity. Theyll have to save themselves first.

It is the eve of Earths environmental collapse. A single ship carries humanitys last hope: eighty elite graduates of a competitive program, who will give birth to a generation of children in deep space. But halfway to a distant but livable planet, a lethal bomb kills three of the crew and knocksThe Phoenixoff course. Asuka, the only surviving witness, is an immediate suspect.

As the mystery unfolds on the ship, poignant flashbacks reveal how Asuka came to be picked for the mission. Despite struggling through training back on Earth, she was chosen to represent Japan, a country she only partly knows as a half-Japanese girl raised in America. But estranged from her mother back home,The Phoenixis all she has left.

With the crew turning on each other, Asuka is determined to find the culprit before they all lose faith in the missionor worse, the bomber strikes again.

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