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With the discovery of the first transmitter setting a precedent, Nelson embarks on subsequent missions to unearth signal sources near Neptune and the dwarf planet, Pluto. Each signal leads him deeper into the enigma and danger, with the haunting specter of the Chinese astronauts’ untimely demise weighing heavily on strategy and decisions. Each time he retrieves a transmitter, Nelson’s connection with both the extraterrestrial and his wife grows more complicated, revealing that the stakes of interstellar contact often push personal relationships to the brink.