Cadets Jay-Den and Kyle have gone missing—and if Genesis, Caleb, and Tarima weren’t battling against the harsh environment of S'Eekay II conducting a search-and-rescue of one of their hastier instructors, and creating a whole new form of communicating with each other in the silencing force field around the planet, they might have noticed sooner.

Now they’ll need to make a choice: Wait for the Academy to come rescue them all…or go save their crewmates and friends from what surely is a hostile alien kidnapping.