The Sky Vault

''Totally engrossing." - Stephen King on The Ninth Metal

''The Stephen King of science fiction.'' - Margaret Stohl, New York Times bestselling author, on The Ninth Metal

''Audacious and intelligent and exactly what I was dying to read.'' - Victor LaValle, author of The Changeling, on The Ninth Metal

The comet, Cain, came from beyond our solar system, its debris containing elements unknown. Now, in the isolated region of Fairbanks, Alaska, the skies shift and stretch as an interstellar dust cloud seeds the atmosphere. When a plane shudders its way through pulpy, swirling, bruise-shaped clouds, lit with sudden cracks of lightning, the sky opens and the aircraft vanishes...but only for a minute.

When the flight lands, everyone on board and in the community will be changed forever. Chuck Bridges, a local DJ and conspiracy theorist, was on board and later reported dead to his family, but not before procla