After their adventure on the alien world of Sissakh the previous year, Joshua and Suli are back into the normal routine of life on the space station orbiting the planet Epsilon Erdiani d, commonly known as New Mars. Scientists have discovered Veloxium, a substance which allows instantaneous communication across interstellar distances. Veloxium is extremely rare, and missions are being sent out to search for sources of this precious material. The lives of the two teenagers are thrown off course again when they stumble onto a deserted deck of New Mars Station, and receive a warning that...