Real 'Heart of Darkness' feel to this tale as media maven Katerina De Klein arrives on Tarturus, to cover events as its sun starts to go nova. She is really seeking her brother, Robert, who left her alone in an orphanage when she was sixteen to go to Tarturus. The trail leads through government officials, fortune tellers and a man infested with an alien parasite, as she journeys into the jungle interior that others are fleeing. ( )