The silence of space was not absolute. It never had been. Even in the void between stars, there was a hum—a faint vibration, barely perceptible, that came from everywhere and nowhere. The crew of the Silence had been hearing it for forty-three years. Most of them had stopped noticing long ago.

Dr. Linus Reed was the only one who was still listening.

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