Synopsis

The crew returned from a Commerce Planet, their hold filled with Crackers and accompanied by a timid alien named Traltixx, who claimed he possessed the ability to manipulate Moya’s electromagnetic field, rendering her undetectable. Crichton regarded this offer with suspicion; it appeared almost impossibly favorable. As they traversed a constellation of pulsars, an unsettling paranoia gripped the crew, rekindling their former animosities and turning them against one another. Crichton battled his