When young Marion James Justo gets his first assignment as captain of a space ship it isn't just any space ship, but the Isian, a gold covered ship that is his family's prize possession. Just as the ship's systems are powering up he is attacked by space pirates Narrowly escaping death he meets the ship's navigational robot who mistakes him for his grandfather, the captain of the Isian when it was lost fourty years ago. Now he is lost in an unknown corner of the universe that seems empty of human life. After repairing the ship and months of searching, Captain Justo at last discovers an...