The Prometheus Project

In the distant future of humankind, an unscrupulous government has embarked on a pogrom of colonization, sending one moon-sized transport after another careening into the cosmic gulf, each utterly dependent upon the one gone before. These hapless voyagers are the first in the line and tragedy has befallen them. How far will they go to save their lives and the countless lives that will soon follow them across the merciless void?They're a long way from home, and their starship must rise from the ashes of a terrible conflagration. He must lead them from beyond the threshold of a fiery grave.