Fifty years after Alpha Centauri exploded and brought technology to a standstill on Earth, a storm of high-energy particles will cut through flesh like bullets. But even worse, the storm may not be of natural origins.

Fifty years after Alpha Centauri exploded and brought technology to a standstill on Earth, a storm of high-energy particles will cut through flesh like bullets. But even worse, the storm may not be of natural origins.