THE PITCH

In the 22nd century, Jack serves a life sentence as the sole prisoner on Callisto, a frozen moon plagued by electrical anomalies. He spends his days hurting himself, hoping medical clemency will return him to Earth, where he can apologize to the family of the man he killed.

When a second prisoner arrives on Callisto, Jack keeps his distance, determined not to jeopardize his return to Earth. Speaking only French, entomologist Elias is easy to avoid—until his obsession with Callisto’s largest crater reveals something ancient stirring beneath the ice.

Forced to cooperate to ensnare the time-warping entity before it strikes, Jack and Elias’s uneasy alliance twists into a bond both tender and terrifying. As atonement yields to devotion, Jack discovers in Elias something he never expected to find on a dead moon: a reason to live.

But beneath his bookish exterior, Elias harbors secrets: a classified assignment, a connection to Jack’s crime, and a truth that could doom humanity. With the entity closing in and Earth demanding answers, Jack must decide what he’s willing to sacrifice—his long-sought redemption beyond Callisto, or the light he’s found in its frozen dark.

And the ice is thinning.