One man can make-or break-Earth's iron grip on its galacticcolonies: Stone Chalmers. Spy. Assassin. Earth's topoperative. The newly-rediscovered high-tech colony of Minerva quickly submits toa wormhole linking it to Earth. With a cloud over his career from hisprevious mission, Stone has no choice but to follow orders: spend weekstrapped on the ship towing the wormhole to Minerva. Once there,corroborate reports of the colonists' odd beliefs. Going undercover, with a cover persona overlaid on his mind and nothreat in sight, Stone expects a mission beneath his talents. But then Stone discovers far more than odd beliefs. A pervasive cultdominates the colony. Its thugs threaten his body. Its priests threatenhis spirit. Fighting for his life-and soul-he comes face to face with aterrifying conspiracy. By surrendering, Minerva's leaders pose the greatest threat ever toEarth's hegemony. Join Stone in his most harrowing mission yet, facing a world ofdangerous rebels in this, the third adventure in his complete four-novelseries.