Being a genius isn't all it's cracked up to be. For nineteen-year-old scientific prodigy Alice Pemberton, whose hobbies include creating wormholes, it's actually awesome. But, in a galaxy teeming with aliens, being inquisitive can be dangerous. Desperate to unravel the secrets of the Krill, owners of a galactic wide spectral network containing the souls of the dead, Alice volunteered Eugene McGillicuddy to find a theoretical death particle. However, before she could reanimate Eugene, members of the Secret Service arrive to hire Eugene on a matter of national security. With science as her North Star, and Eugene out of commission, Alice must uncover a galaxy wide conspiracy, fend off the Krill who fear prying eyes into their monopoly of ghosts, and revive a quasi-dead Eugene McGillicuddy. On the knife edge of noir and absurdity, Alice Pemberton's Bureau of Scientific Inquiry will leave you breathless from this fast-paced thrilling adventure.