WNS Pathfinder is a breakthrough in interstellar travel, built in the utmost secrecy and incorporating new technology that will revolutionize trade and exploration in the galaxy. But this secret has gotten out, and everyone wants to get their hands on her.

   Captain William Brighton finds himself cast adrift in a small launch along with part of the officers and crew. With few resources, it seems like their best chance to survive would be to put down on the nearby planet and wait for rescue. But Brighton will not allow them to take the easy way out! If there is any hope of retrieving their lost ship, they must find a way to rescue themselves before Pathfinder is out of reach for good.

   The odds are stacked against them. Pursued by another group who also wants the new technology, running out of food, generating their own power, without a working navigation system, they cling to the slimmest of hopes; that their captain’s reckoning can get them home before they are dead.