The novel “Proxima Dying” by Brandon Q. Morris was published for the first time in 2021. It’s the second book in the Proxima Trilogy and follows “Proxima Rising”. The English translation is by Frank Dietz.

Marchenko is using a robotic body to host him to be able to accompany Adam and Eve in their exploration of the planet Proxima b in search of the natives who sent a signal into space. It’s certainly not an easy mission, especially after what they discovered.

On the planet’s day side, the one always illuminated by its star, there seems to be no trace of sentient inhabitants. The travelers decide to move the search to the night side with the difficulties that this brings, starting with the perpetual darkness and the ice that covers that hemisphere.