This seventh sequel to The Book in the Loft series involves the fulfilling of a dying man's request, and takes Commander Neil MacBruce and the crews of Explorer and Star Traveler to investigate an object moving toward them from deep inside a vast empty region within the galaxy. What will the crews discover, and how will they unravel the questions that arise? In their attempt to find the answers, they begin a journey that finds them engaged in a life and death struggle on the other side of nowhere.