The science vessel, Hermes, has been urgently recalled from its mission to survey the moons of Saturn, just as First Officer Miranda Lee receives bad news from home--her mother is dying so she must leave the ship and return to Earth--for good.
Powerful forces on Earth are now movin.
Big mistake.
Commander Scott McNabb is so distraught by her sudden decision to leave that he pays little or no attention to the parameters of the new mission being requested by the Council of Europa.
The science vessel, Hermes, has been urgently recalled from its mission to survey the moons of Saturn, just as First Officer Miranda Lee receives bad news from home--her mother is dying so she must leave the ship and return to Earth--for good
