Planet NE 592 wasn't due for Secondary Survey for another ten years. So why, Ken wondered, were they heading there now? Then on his screen he saw the disembodied face of a girl with jewel-like skin and felt, rather that heard, her plea: "Go Back." But they couldn't go back. Against their will, they were drawn into a crash landing on NE 592. They were trapped - with no means of escape. And NE 592 was not the uninhabited planet they had been led to believe it was!