Alive in the Clouds

Fifty-two kilometres above Venus, Dr. Ellen Carrow is running out of time to prove that life hides in the planet's acid clouds—and running out of station to stand on. When a volcanic eruption shreds Aurelia Station and strands half her crew in a powerless glider, Ellen must reconcile a protégé's betrayal, a discovery that could reshape biology, and a launch window that demands someone stay behind on a dying platform. Four scientists, one crumbling outpost, and a truth too important to let fall into the furnace below.