Inherit the Stars

In 205X, humanity lives in safety and peace, sustained by a cheap, inexhaustible energy source. Armed forces and conflict have become things of the past. That calm is unsettled when an ancient body in a spacesuit is discovered on the moon. The corpse is unmistakably human, yet appears to be around 50,000 years old. The discovery raises questions about humanity’s history and what it means for society in the present.