On the newly terraformed world Harax Pras, Jupe Beggs dislikes his status as his planet's hero and is enticed leave and captain an exploration mission for Calp Enterprises. Meanwhile, there are strange reports coming from the disused UDE Alpha C. base T Station, and alien-life specialist Parry Langdon is called in to investigate.A page-turning thriller set on and in the early days of galactic colonisation, when the race is on to get out into the universe...