WRITERS David Accampo and Jeremy Rogers
ILLUSTRATOR Chris Anderson

“I believe that the long-term future of the human race must be in space.”
- Stephen Hawking

In the near future, it has become clear: for the human race to thrive, we must find a way to live on other planets. Planets containing water become obvious targets, and a manned mission to Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has become inevitable. A new space race has emerged, but who will be the first nation to colonize another world? Will it even be a nation? What if a corporation were to set its sights on another planet?

Dr. Harrison Beck has designed The Lorelei, a submersible habitat built to drill beneath ice and deploy into the high-pressure environment of sub-glacial waters. Unfortunately, Beck’s violent mood swings and antisocial behavior have alienated him from NASA and the scientific community, and so, Beck’s Europa dreams are dashed. That is, until a company called Maitland Technologies contacts him. They’ve built the Lorelei, and they want him to lead a manned expedition down to Lake Vostok – a sub-glacial lake beneath the Russian Vostok station in Antarctica that has not been touched for over 15 million years.

Test the Lorelei in Vostok, and Europa is next. Unfortunately, to survive Vostok the Lorelei’s crew must face one of the last truly uncharted environments on Earth– and their own reflection staring back from the abysmal black waters of the mysterious lake.

Vostok is an original sci-fi thriller that grounds a dark human drama against the backdrop of scientific discovery, isolation, and the depths of human madness.