Karincin is a Scout: a member of an elite team entrusted with exploring the galaxy for dangers to their homeworld. During their long missions, the Scouts are alone, and use stasis chambers to bypass empty periods of time between star systems. His mission is largely uneventful, until he's attacked by an unknown enemy. With his ship adrift in space, he has no choice but to accept help from a race of aliens called the Arathians. He must trust them in the hopes of returning home, but can he depend upon them when his entire reality begins to unravel? Before leaving his homeworld of Siril,...