The Secret of the Ninth Planet

A daring new propulsion technology promises to free humanity from the limits of rockets, opening the way for rapid voyages to the farthest reaches of the solar system. When the first anti‑gravitational ship, the Magellan, sets out for the mysterious ninth world, a trio of explorers—Eleanor, Bill, and Janet—prepare to uncover Pluto’s hidden secrets, while scientists on Earth wrestle with strange orbital quirks that hint at an even stranger origin.

Meanwhile, far from the icy frontier, a remote Andean outpost awakens to an unsettling phenomenon: the sun’s light begins to vanish from the sky. Burl Denning, part of a rugged mountain expedition, feels the chill of an unprecedented darkness creeping over the landscape, a sign that something far beyond Earth is amiss. As the theft of sunlight spreads, the fledgling space crew must race against time, confronting both the unknown nature of Pluto and the eerie forces threatening the entire solar system.