This title didn't have a chance, what with the first issue being released just as COVID shut everything down back in March. Dark Horse, rather than continue the miniseries, cancelled the individual issues and went straight to trade.

Basic premise is a starship is discovered in the ice in Siberia, and every country of note wants a piece of the intelligence while our intrepid American scientist does the legwork.
There's obviously a lot more to it, including an initial ham-handed inclusion of a Vatican envoy that winds up giving one of the more touching monologues as his arc concludes. But in just under 100 pages of this 5-part miniseries, Justin Giampaoli barely scratches the surface of what this story could be. That's the inherent risk of indie comics...you have a great concept and a compressed period of time to hope it catches fire so you can continue.

Giampaoli's writing far outkicks Andrea Mutti's art, but the art is good enough to not detract from the story. My larger issue is that so many story seeds were planted that never were sown....and he kept planting new ones as late at page 87 of a 92-page story.

That all said, the concept was interesting...a fascinating twist on the creation story and all that could come out of it.