Victor A. Young

When Nick Colette, the hot-headed son of "retired" mobster Tommy Colette, joins forces with his father, Eastbridge's crime troubles start.

The Taelons announce that they will all go into death stasis and wait on the mother ship for humans to discover how to create core energy and revive them. Zo'or and Da'an don't trust each other to be the last to submit to stasis.

When the mother ship hits dark matter, the ship dos not begin to heal itself. Zo'or is left in an unconscious state and Sandoval takes control. He decides it is time to liberate the Earth from the Taelons.