Kali 01: Kali's Children

Some worlds should never be visited…

Crash landing on an alien world was bad enough. But for the survivors of the starship Spinoza, their problems are just beginning.

As they wander the unforgiving alien landscape, the survivors learn something startling. From the red reeds that dot the landscape, to the swarms of spider-beetles, and to the deadliest carnivores in the universe—all life on this world is watching them, studying them, like a hunter tracking prey.

What sort of world is this?

The truth is unthinkable. Then inhabitants of this alien world are highly intelligent, and utterly hostile. Violence is a way of life for them. Murder and war are merely means of acquiring food. Kindness is unknown.

All the survivors want is to escape, but escape won't be enough.