Racing the Night

Auf einer ausgestorbenen, ungewöhnlich gut erhaltenen Welt, wird ein IPX-Mitarbeiter bei Untersuchungen auf grausame Art getötet.

On a world that appears to be dead, the Excalibur discovers equations for propulsion, energy creation, alloy-making -- almost everything but medical technology. Capt. Matthew Gideon is as concerned for a cure as Max Eilerson is ecstatic about their discoveries. Dr. Sarah Chambers, however is more worried at the possibilities suggested by her discoveries: dozens of flakes of DNA from several dozen different alien races from over the past 50 years -- yet no one has announced they discovered the planet before now.Dureena Nafeel, in her separate explorations, has also discovered something disturbing: an apparent cache of globes.When another discovers the eviscerated body of a crewman, and the landing party is attacked, Capt. Gideon immediately leads the attacker away. After a death-defying chase, he manages to escape with Galen's help.Yet the technomage's help may best be applied in a different way. Using an homunculus spell, Galen decides to discover how the crewman was killed -- and why.

Звездолет «Эскалибур» направляется к одной из планет за уникальной медицинской информацией, которой обладала высшая цивилизация, жившая там около тысячи лет назад. Голографический исследователь, посланный Гэленом, сообщает, что на этой планете огромное кладбище космических кораблей, и кто-то хочет, чтобы «Эскалибур» оказался среди них...