Charged with an epic task to find and destroy the one man believed to be the evil mastermind of the Galaxy, a brilliant young man's destiny takes on strange and startling dimensions.

This spellbinding story opens with high-voltage entertainment in the year 3975, with the abrupt expulsion of Kit Kellan from the School of Engineering of the prestigious Terra University in Washington, D.C., for engaging in original thought. As he is led from the school, Kit is abducted by an organization dedicated to vanquishing the dark tyranny of the mysterious Arbiter, who is said to control every living thing.

Relentlessly swept up by revolutionary forces, Kit embarks on an immense and perilous mission to salvage the Galaxy—with the destiny of all mankind at stake.