Something happened... two million years ago. Ethan Richards heads off to Alpha Centauri on his first interstellar adventure with a hand-picked team of experts. Arriving at the star they find two planets potentially suitable for life, but when they start exploring the most promising one, they may have found a threat to the existence of humanity. A geological expedition discovers a closed off cave that contains a shocking surprise hidden inside it. When his own people start falling ill and dying, Ethan knows he has a catastrophe on his hands. Jade Powers is the woman Ethan loves, and when she falls ill, Ethan despairs, knowing she will also succumb to the potency of the exotic virus... unless they find a cure in time. What is this virus... where did it come from... and can they develop a cure in time to save Jade?