Anastomosis

Saturn looms through the haze above Titan’s menacing surface. The moon of Saturn is home to Alpha India. But the fuel that powers the colony is mysteriously disappearing, and the engineer responsible for maintaining the colony’s life-support is forced to leave the confines of the colony to confront his past and their future on the bleak moon of Saturn.

Alpha India human population: 51

Galaxy-wide human population: 51

Part 1 in The Hysteresis Chain.