The research vessel SSV Pride is returning to Earth, cutting through the rings of a gas giant. What should have been a routine return from cryosleep quickly descends into a cosmic disaster. Awakened as the sole survivor on an isolated moon, a former soldier turned scientist must navigate the desolate terrain and the wreckage of his ship. As he recovers tropicalized gear and mysterious specimens (including the dangerous "evolution accelerator"), he discovers that the breach was no accident. Was the fate of the Pride a punishment for corporate sins, or proof that the greatest cosmic beast is humanity itself?