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It was a dream, or was it? Seven simple words put young Henry Gusman on the road to his destiny. In a vision, he is charged with a daunting task: build a space ship that defies all scientific convention, find a new world, and begin building a new civilization. The clock is ticking, because in this same vision, he sees the inevitable destruction of all civilization on Earth. On the way, he and ninety-nine others must face desperate challenges: a government official who will stop at nothing to gain the new technology developed by Henry; barren worlds that offer no hope of survival; and ultimately the most daunting challenge of all-themselves.