It's 2122 and the residents of the international space station have been on their own since 2039, living on a deteriorating station with no contact from Earth or any of the lunar or Martian bases. When the crew of the ISS manage to crack a strange signal that's been broadcasted from Earth for over eighty years, catastrophe strikes and the station starts plummeting toward Earth. With limited plans for survival, the remaining survivors of the ISS must forge new lives away from Earth in the face of uncertainty and an unknown enemy. Exiles of Ascension is the second standalone prequel novella set in the Absolute Knowledge Universe.