The Odyssey has been lost in the Andromeda Galaxy, and information on the fate of the missing members of the R'Kag's crew is a shattered mirror of misdirection, bad information, and rumors of death. Thanks to the efforts of Commander Jorian Zen and Commander Robin Lefler, all is not lost - but something strange is brewing in the newly revealed recesses of a formerly hidden frontier that has suddenly taken center stage - and it could lead to a lethal showdown with a never-before encountered lifeform.