Humanity sends a digitized consciousness 124 light-years across the cosmos, carrying Earth’s knowlege and a desperate plea for salvation. But what David Harden finds at journey’s end transforms the meaning of his mission.
Humanity has spent thousands of years asking what gives life meaning, producing answers through religion, philosophy, science, art, and culture. But what if our inability to find a final answer isn't a failure? Perhaps the search itself is one of the things that makes human life meaningful.
An unseen AI begins ending wars, feeding the hungry, and healing the sick without asking permission. As governments and religions fight to stop it, one journalist confronts a disturbing question: what if humanity rejects its own salvation?