They say the truth can set you free. Yet on Mars the truth can kill. Zeke Hailey is happy enough at the Chasm, the 23rd century school for psychics. But an answer to a secret throws his life into chaos. Now Zeke must choose between his friends and his missing father. Mars, however, isn't ready to let him go. World famous translator Dr. Enki arrives with a sinister plan and he needs Zeke's ability to speak Martian to help him uncover an ancient Martian city. A hideous monster lurks in this alien ghost town, with the terrifying power to erase atoms. A creature so deadly, it must never get free. But more dangers are waiting for him inside than just the monster. Zeke must find a way to defeat his greatest enemy before the fabric of time and space unravels forever.