“Careful, don’t scare it away with any quick moves,” Peter Marchenko said, leaning over the console. The warning wasn’t needed… [This is Part 8. Continue reading this installment, or read the story from the beginning.]

From orbit, Europa gleamed pure white like a flawless pearl. That illusion was broken, as Mark Woods knew it would be, when the landing craft descended… [This is Part 7. Continue reading this installment, or read the story from the beginning.]