"The Darkon Paradox" is a science fiction story that follows a team of scientists working at a cutting-edge research facility who discover a new type of subatomic particle, dubbed "darkon", that appears to make up the majority of the universe's mass and is responsible for the gravitational effects commonly attributed to dark matter. Excitement builds as the team races to understand the properties and behavior of darkons, but they soon discover that it has some unexpected and potentially dangerous qualities.