The city-sized, deep-space cruise ship "Infinity 8"
stops halfway en route between the Milky Way and Andromeda, blocked by a massive
field of debris containing wreckage and artifacts from countless planets,
cultures, and possibly dimensions. The captain of the ship calls upon eight of
the ship's top security to investigate the anomaly, each one sent out in a
parallel time loop to collect information which can then be assembled to
hopefully discover the truth before disaster erupts. Each time loop lasts only
eight hours, at which point things snap back to the way they were when they
started, leaving the agents with no memories of their time in that window. Can
the eight agents solve the mystery without making things worse? Danger reveals
itself within the interspecies population on the ship, some of whom may know
more than they lead on . . . The first volume introduces us to the crew and
captain of the Infinity 8 as they first encounter the anomaly, and the first
security agent-the brassy Yoko Keren-is sent out on the case. But
she's too preoccupied by her own relationship woes (or
lack-of-relationship woes) to focus on the job. When a race of necrophagous
aliens follow her into a floating graveyard, they begin to assimilate the
criminal and violent behavior of the corpses they devour. With their attention
turned back to the ship itself, Yoko has to find a way to stop them from
destroying the ship before her time loop expires.
"Originally published in France under the original title Infinity 8. Romance et macchabâees."
