The crashed starship "Trumpet" is drifting with the remains of the crew on board. Its control was disabled by sabotage committed by one of the crew members infected with an alien virus. The police cruiser goes to the Pipe, and not with an offer of help, but to arrest the surviving astronauts as traitors and fugitives. But it is this small group that holds the key to the future of the Earth..."The Day All the Gods Died" is the fifth book in the epic about Deep Space.