They carried their deadly cargo to the very limits of the Universe

The first shock is the body - the dead man aboard the Solar Queen bears a terrifying resemblance to the cargo master, Dane Thorson.

Then Thorson and his crew discover the secret behind their strange cargo: an incredible mutation that threatens the universe with an uncontollable new life form.

Swept up in a nightmare of adventure and challenged by a conspiracy of evil that respects no cosmic boundary, Thorson and the crew of the Solar Queen learn again the most basic law of the stars - that survival in outer space depends on the courage of the inner man.