Joshua must lead his Team through the final challenge of their intensive training, the Qualifying Mission. But the political faction that had tried to eliminate them all on Darnan is still scheming and a fatal strike from the shadows is unleashed, scattering the Team offplanet. As they struggle to reunite, a greater danger from Joshua's past is revealed, taking him back to his origins on his home planet Cypress Grove. Mysteries from his difficult beginning are finally unraveled as old friends and enemies must be faced. This time Joshua has his highly trained Team with him as they battle in a final showdown with the Shadow Players to determine not just the fate of Cypress Grove, or even his new home the Unseen Planet, but the entire American Sector of outer space.