The novel “Void Station One” by Mike Futcher was published for the first time in 2023.

Simon Cole is an astronaut who specializes in long-duration missions aimed at salvaging anything still of value from old installations such as space stations. A normal life would be too limited for him, but being estranged from the rest of humanity is having a very negative effect on him.

When he’s offered a new salvage mission to the old Void Station One, Simon Cole accepts. The recovery was decided because the space station is on the trajectory of a black hole, which will destroy it. This also makes the mission an opportunity for Cole to end his life.