Underground isn't as safe as we thought. After a troublesome ocean crossing, Huck, Hemant, and Ariadne resume their perilous journey across the planet's infested surface. The candidates' mission: Destroy the Hive, home of the invading aliens-the Arthropods. Upon reaching the Saharan Territory, they pressure the pompous leader of the local transporters to carry them across the sprawling terrain to Pod Kano, to obtain the weapon...