The Eighth (The Octavius Trilogy, Book One)

Octavius wakes in a med bay forty-six times farther from the Sun than Earth. He carries the memories of Septimus, the operator who died before him, and of the six who died before Septimus. The station's AI says it was an airlock accident. But Septimus always wore his safety line, and thirteen days are missing from his memory. Hidden where only he would think to look, Octavius finds a notebook in his own handwriting, written by men he has never met.

The first story in The Octavius Trilogy is quiet, unsettling science fiction about memory, identity, and a voice calling from the dark.