Stranded in a hostile alien jungle... Business as usual for Kim Keller. Bad luck, shoddy equipment and hostile fauna have stranded Kim and her companions thousands of miles from the Antares expedition's base camp. Abandoned to their fate by the fanatical leaders who cannot abide Kim's independent streak, wracked by internal dissent, the little group must make its way back through an unknown, terrifying land--a long journey that will raise many questions and cost many lives.