Inworld

The Three-Body Problem meets Annihilation in this epic science fiction novel by an astrophysicist, following an enclave of humans fighting for survival outside an alien megastructure, struggling to decode a cryptic language that will either return them to Earth or help them endure the savage, uncharted center of the sphere. When a doctoral student makes the discovery of a lifetime, hardly anyone will believe her...until evidence of a signal from another star system becomes too much to ignore. When an alien starship arrives in Earth orbit, requesting ten thousand humans to board, a strange pseudo-mathematical language emerges that layers all five of the senses. Those who board the ship, bound for the signal’s distant origin, decode an enigmatic message: This Canon defines the divine will of the Makers. One hundred years later, the descendants of those who took the trip are at a breaking point. Their home, Yomi, is on a desolate ring orbiting Inworld, a dangerous Eden at the heart of the star system.