It's 2061 and after a cataclysmic solar storm in 2055 the Earth is dying. Humans are trying to find a way to get to Mars and save humanity. Dr. Sophie Winston has been put in charge of a biosphere program to determine if humanity can succeed on Mars. It was supposed to be a six month stay with no contact with the outside world. However, only a few days in the emergency lines go down and they decide they must check and find out what happened, When they open the blast doors of Cheyenne Mountain, where their biosphere is located, they discover humanity is gone. As they begin to explore what they discover shocks and disturbs them and changes the course of their mission and earth forever.

ORBS is book one in the ORBS trilogy. It is a very chilling look at the end of the world and what humanity must do to survive. A serious science fiction thriller that must be read. You will quickly learn that we aren't our own worst enemies, there is something worse out there and the only way to survive is for people to end their differences and work together. Nicholas Sansbury Smith gets this trilogy off to a great start with ORBS, it will make you rethink life as you know it.