Latent Flaw

A crescent moon set against a jeweled field of stars gracefully slid into view. The thin arc of its crater-filled landscape drew Jack's mind in. His eyes followed the long, inky shadows cast by jagged crater walls as they cut sharply into the pockmarked ashen terrain. Deeper within the jet-black lunar night-side were the lonely peaks of a smattering of mountain tops, catching a few last rays of sunlight. All Jack felt was a desire to escape--to be down there, exploring--perhaps uncovering some new detail in the history of Earth's nearest neighbor--anything to avoid the chaos that was now poised to engulf him. But, there was no choice. Something was actively sabotaging their work and threatening the entire alien archive program. The recent attacks were anything but random and growing bolder. They knew he was on to them. A rogue signal now pointed to the frigid, dusty realm of Jupiter's trojan asteroids. The questions is: can they stop him before he finds them?