When Keith Stoner awoke, he discovered himself in a global changed almost beyond reputation. Eighteen years before, Stoner have been the American member of a joint US-Soviet mission to fully capture an alien ship. The Soviets needed to grab, but Stoner persisted, and while on the unusual dispatch, he fell into suspended computer animation.

Jo Camerata, the ambitious little student who fell in love with Stoner, is now mind of Vanguard Industries, which includes recovered the alien dispatch. Because of this, her company is now in charge of its huge new technology as well as the fortune it reaps-and in charge of Keith Stoner. What Camerata doesn’t know, however, is usually that another person has been awake, a person who dwells within Stoner’s mind. The alien presence that has held Stoner alive all this time is now free and intends to explore our world, letting nothing stand in its way.