There is a fear that hides in the future. A fear that consumes the world. Alone at night, when you look at the stars, you might feel it. In the dark places between the stars you might just see it.

There is another fear. This one lives in our heads. That we'll never be good enough to get off this rock. Or, will we dwindle in our vices until the sun runs dry. Will greed rob us of the fuel to lift us into the stars? Will sloth rob us drive to kick off into the unknown? Will wrath strip us off anything worth striving for?

Equestria falls in a fight it never could have won. But as the hands of the clock wind back to give them one more shot at victory, it soon becomes clear that they won't be alone for round two.

Tied by gravity to a species much unlike their own, they must somehow unite and learn to overcome their own natures. If not, there may be very little left when the true fight actually begins.

A fascinating and tense story true to the roots of science fiction. This is far more than just a first contact story.