First Contact Protocol

Dr. Sera Voss has spent her career decoding alien languages that don't exist yet—until now. Deep in uncharted space, her vessel intercepts a transmission that shouldn't be possible: structured, deliberate, and aimed directly at them. But something is wrong with the signal. It learns. It adapts. It wears the faces of people the crew trust. Now the linguist trained to bridge the gap between species must find a way to sever the connection before first contact becomes last.