

It was supposed to be a simple test flight, one that pilot Ariane Austin was on only as a last-ditch backup; intelligent, superhumanly fast automation would handle the test activation and flight of humanity's first faster-than-light vessel. But when the Sandrisson Drive activated,...

It was supposed to be a simple test flight. Pilot Ariane Austin was only a last-minute backup on humanity's first faster-than-light voyage--automation was meant to handle everything. But when the Sandrisson Drive activated, disaster struck. Every automated system...