Midnight (The Into Darkness Trilogy) (Volume 1)

In the near future, wealthy businessman Ridley Pearce sends out a crack team of scientists and explorers to investigate the appearance of exoplanet GG-1791, but also to discover the fate of a crew long since lost to the planet. But they soon find themselves thrust into a battle for survival against an ancient threat. A battle for which they are desperately unprepared, and from which none of them are guaranteed to return alive.