A prequel to 'Pull' set in the world of Deep Darkness. Humanity had just colonized the solar system. For years tensions ran high as we engaged in a secret war in the wake of an alien invasion. We thought we had pushed our invaders away. We thought we had won the war. When they came back everything was lost. Elyse, a former soldier turned mercenary originally from Earth is just beginning to put her life back together when she takes a bodyguard job for a man named Slen. The job sounds like it is her golden ticket, sleep for the duration of a deep space voyage, protect Slen when he they arrive at their destination, return home and live happily ever after. With no home or family of her own she accepts the assignment and joins the crew of the Erebus. Everything seems to be going according to plan until her and many of the other passengers begin to wake up. When she is captured by a war criminal and his group of terrorists they place a collar around her neck and give her two choices - - help them take control of the ship or die. Elyse's journey will take her from the dark corridors of the Erebus to the start of a new colony called Shear as she struggles to survive against terrorists, aliens, and her own violent past.