I'm Gary Rendell; I'm an astronaut. I got lucky: when a probe in the Oort Cloud found an alien rock and a team of scientists was put together to go and look at it, I made the draw. I got even luckier: when disaster hit and our team was scattered through the endless tunnels, I somehow survived. Now I'm lost, and alone, and scared. Lucky me.

* A STUNNING NOVELLA BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CHILDREN OF STRIFE * 'Thought-provoking' - AT BOUNDARY'S EDGE 'Unsettling and creepy' - CIVILIAN READER 'By turns humorous and horrific' - FANTASY HIVE 'Unsettling and undeniably alien' - RUN ALONG THE SHELVES I'M LOST. I'M SCARED. AND THERE'S SOMETHING HORRIBLE IN HERE. My name is Gary Rendell. I'm an astronaut. When they asked me as a kid what I wanted to be when I grew up, I said, 'astronaut, please!' I dreamed astronaut, I worked astronaut, I studied astronaut. I got lucky; when a probe exploring the Oort Cloud found a strange alien rock and an international team of scientists was put together to go and look at it, I made the draw. I got even luckier. When disaster hit and our team was split up, scattered through the endless cold tunnels, I somehow survived. Now I'm lost, and alone, and scared, and there's something horrible in here. Lucky me. Lucky, lucky, lucky.