In a universe containing countless millions of habitable worlds life takes upon itself an incredible diversity of forms.

Intelligence is difficult to define, but by and large it is the ability to solve problems. Korzaak and Ischklah were specialists at solving the apparently insoluble but it took every last ounce of their ability to grapple with the enigma of an apocryphal planet.

Reliable data sources contradicted one another. Ships vanished mysteriously. Men vanished with them. But the strangest secret of all was the riddle of the enigmatical nexus between Korzaak and Ischklah themselves.