In lieu of God By the faceless person Outpost Theta was never meant to exist. Officially, Project Malleus doesn't appear in any government file. Unofficially, it's humanity's last desperate attempt to understand-and exterminate-the entities known only as False Angels. They don't claw or scream. They don't chase you down. They wait. In static. In reflection. In people you once trusted. Dr. Herchel Thatcher leads the science division buried beneath the earth, where paranoia is protocol and every greeting is a test. Haunted by guilt and grief, Herchel clings to the hope that one False Angel is different-the one wearing the face of his former lover, Agares. But False Angels don't remember love. Do they? As his team begins to fracture and reality itself starts to unravel, Herchel must decide: will he save the thing Agares became... or destroy it before it consumes what's left of him?