Krista Johnson

A teenage girl and her father travel to a remote alien moon, aiming to strike it rich. They've secured a contract to harvest a large deposit of the elusive gems hidden in the depths of the moon's toxic forest. But there are others roving the wilderness and the job quickly devolves into a fight to survive.

A Deaf American backpacker finds himself stranded in the depths of the German Black Forest, hunted by something unknown. Stumbling upon a rural farmstead, he finds a guarded German farmer who knows no English. With a language barrier dividing them, the backpacker must discern whether this stranger is a lifeline or the threat.