Styx: At the Threshold of Silence
The end of the twenty-sixth century. Humanity has reached the boundaries of the Virgo Supercluster, where the density of matter drops, giving way to the infinite Great Void. Aboard the research complex Icarus-7, drifting near the gravitational anomaly Styx, time and physics obey different laws. In the sterile corridors of the station, among cold titanium and muted light, the crew monitors the event horizon, which threatens to erase the boundaries of the human mind. Astrophysicist Elias Thorne, who voluntarily chose this isolation, searches the structure of the anomaly for proof of the non-randomness of the universe—the only thing that can justify his past mistakes. However, sensory deprivation and the realization of one's own insignificance in the face of eternity begin to destroy the station's fragile social order. In conditions where any technical malfunction is fatal and help from Earth will arrive only in decades, the heroes must find out: is Styx the key to the secrets of the Universe or a mirror reflecting their own madness?