"A character-driven SF thriller with an appeal that will extend beyond dedicated fans of the genre.”
—Kirkus Reviews

The station is falling.
The crew is unraveling.
And the dead left one warning: Look in the mirror.

Commander Sarah Mitchell has answered a mayday call from the Perun, a decaying Russian research station in low Earth orbit. She and her crew dock expecting survivors desperate for rescue.

They find something worse.

The station is silent. Its crew is dead. Communications have been deliberately destroyed. And somewhere inside the failing structure, a secret experiment is still running.

At first, Mitchell thinks she’s facing a disaster investigation with a ticking clock. A violent solar storm is bearing down. The Perun is falling toward Earth. If her team cannot uncover what killed the crew and escape in time, they may die with the station.

But the real threat is not only physical.

The experiment still running aboard the Perun is unlike any danger Mitchell has ever faced. It turns perception inward, exposing identity, memory, and the private lies people use to survive.

One by one, her crew begins to fracture.

For Mitchell, the danger is more personal. The machine dredges up the voice she’s spent her life trying to silence, the one that taught her she was never enough. As the mission turns inward, Mitchell discovers that the most dangerous thing aboard the Perun may be the past she survived. To save her crew, she’ll have to face the truth buried deepest in her own mind.

Except some truths don’t set you free.

They build a cage around you.

Set in the same universe as Ares but completely standalone, The Quantum Mirror begins as a space rescue mystery and turns into a character-driven psychological sci-fi thriller about memory, self-deception, and the truths people spend their lives trying to outrun.

Perfect for listeners who love:

• Claustrophobic space thrillers

• Character-driven science fiction

• Psychological sci-fi where the mind becomes the battlefield

• Dark mysteries where the danger turns personal

• Stories where survival means facing what you’ve spent your life avoiding

“The strange occurrences aboard the space station will make even the most astute reader look back and re-read.”—IndieReader

Find out what the Perun is hiding. Start listening to The Quantum Mirror today.

Jayson L. Adams writes sci-fi thrillers that explore what extreme situations reveal about who we really are. His novels combine high-stakes tension with deeper questions about identity, courage, and human nature.

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