This is the riveting story of Guild Technician Morris Taylor, the master of his craft and the quintessential professional at his trade. The story begins with an assignment to train a group of students in the Halcyon Autonomous Region, a government outside the Trade League that Morris calls home. At first his work seems mundane until he and his group are snatched away from their classes to find themselves on an expedition to an undiscovered archaeological site from the ancient Terran Imperium. Morris' journey is fraught with accident and mishap; more than coincidence can explain. That's when he discovers he's in an interstellar game of cat and mouse with him as the mouse and the stakes higher than he wants to face: his life, the lives of his friends and a potential interstellar war When he finds himself and his party stranded on a deserted planet weeks away from civilization he must match his wits against an unknown saboteur who is always one step ahead. If he wins then he and the others survive. If not it's certain doom for that planet and hundreds of others.