Adam Johnson wasn’t supposed to be on Mars. Hiding under a stolen identity and working as a lowly janitor, he thought he’d left his dangerous past -and the world-changing equation he solved- behind. But curiosity has a way of finding trouble, and when Adam sneaks into an ancient alien chamber buried miles beneath the Martian surface, he unleashes something far worse than he could have imagined. An advanced synthetic intelligence awakens to deliver the chilling truth: Adam’s actions have reactivated a long-dormant plague, a life-consuming virus that wiped out the Martian civilization eons ago. Now, with humanity’s fate hanging by a thread, Adam must navigate cryptic alien technology, unravel millennia-old secrets, and confront the mistakes that brought him to this point. Time is running out, and Adam is about to learn that unlocking doors doesn’t always mean you’ll like what’s on the other side.