

Gideon must outwit an alien consciousness that takes over the Excalibur's crew.
Capt. Matthew Gideon assembles the crew that will be with him on the experimental starship Excalibur. Their mission: explore the reaches of space to find a cure for the deadly Drakh virus that will overrun Earth in five years.
Gideon mediates between Earth miners and the residents of a planet containing a virus-fighting mineral--and a fire-breathing dragon.

Galen persuades Gideon to seek a mystical crossroads. An investigator probes Matheson's mind.