Substrate phantoms

"The space station Termagenti, hub of commerce, culture, and civilization, may be haunted. Even after generations of exploring deep space, humanity has yet to encounter another race, and yet, some believe that what is troubling the station may be an alien life form. Jhinsei and his operations team keep Termagenti operational. After an unexplained and deadly mishap takes his team from him, Jhinsei finds himself haunted by his dead teammates. In fact, they may not be alone; he may have picked up a ghost, an alien intelligence that fled its dying ship. As Jhinsei struggles to keep his sanity, dangerous members of the station's managing oligarchy begin to take an increasingly focused interest in him. Haunted by his past and the increasing urgent presence of another within his mind, Jhinsei flees the station for the nearby planet Ash, where he undertakes an exploration that will redefine friend, foe, self, and other"--adapted from back cover.