Death

Death picks up almost immediately from the cliffhanger ending of Diathesis:The saboteur Maria Rodrigues is on the rescue mission to theGoddard station on Iapetus, as the fated Ismud approaches Saturn. On Earth,Richard and his sister, Elyse, are caught up in a murderous manhunt as theChinese secret services try to cover their tracks; while the enigmatic Charlesprophesises doom and gathers a cult-like following. In Earth orbit, thepsychopathic Li Qiao befriends the hidden genius developing the next stage inhuman evolution; while from their station they observe a visitation from analien species, horrific in its silent and pragmatic mandate......and an Arctic research team are immersed in visions ofthe end.