Borg Grisling considered himself just an ordinary research engineer at the Institute, but someone else thought of him as exceptional - hence the adventure which is about to unfold. The planet he would visit was like nothing known before, and therefore posed some unique problems. What he found, and what it led to was beyond his wildest imagination - and probably that of those who sent him. The only thing in his favour was his tenacity and knowledge - but would that be enough to handle that which he found himself in?