: Altman joins a research team led by the shady DredgerCorp and the military to excavate an underwater alien artifact known as the Black Marker.
The story follows , a geophysicist who discovers a mysterious signal emanating from the center of the Chicxulub crater in Mexico. Dead Space: Martyr
: As scientists study the Marker, they suffer from severe headaches, violent hallucinations, and descent into madness. Altman appears uniquely resistant to these effects, which leads others to view him as a "chosen" figure or prophet. : Altman joins a research team led by
: A scientist accidentally creates the first Necromorph outbreak after experimenting with DNA codes extracted from the Marker. The research facility quickly falls into gory chaos. Altman appears uniquely resistant to these effects, which
Dead Space: Martyr , written by B.K. Evenson, is a science fiction horror novel that serves as a prequel to the Dead Space video game series. Set roughly 300 years before the first game, it reveals the true origin of the and the discovery of the Black Marker on Earth . 📖 Plot Summary