They were an elite group of candidates, carefully chosen and screened for a mission that would decide the very destiny of the human race itself. Facing an uncertain future, and with survival at stake, a committee of visionary industrialists defy threats and terrorist plots to design and build the spacecraft, and the find the men and women who could take humanity to a new world. Join the team as they embark on the long journey, from those first moments of the selection process, through the months and years of training, to the first bold step by mankind to reach a new world, Kairos, in the year 2091. Romance, mystery and danger lie ahead as mankind reaches for the stars. The Earth was rapidly running out of natural resources; its population was exploding leaving humankind with a sense of hopelessness. The World was enmeshed in the lengthy process of attempting to recover from an economic collapse and the devastation of a recent multinational war. A small number of large world corporations survived with the financial backing of 'The Committee', a powerful clandestine financial group of forward thinking individuals which now controlled the world's economy. An environmental group, the EA, determined to rescue humanity by destroying these corporations, was involved in brainwashing and organizing the masses. Recognizing the immediate need to counter the EA's strategies and to develop a plan for human survival, The Committee chose an upward-bound individual, who was working for a major human resource conglomerate, to select and train a team of highly intelligent young men and women. This enterprise began a monumental venture to explore and establish a human colony beyond our solar system with the purpose of securing the future of civilization. After many questions and concerns, Grant Wickham, accepted the challenge with one stipulation; that Alexis Lambert, a colleague and former college sweetheart, could be his partner. Under the guidelines of The Committee, these two diligent and motivated collaborators developed an extensive selection criterion. This specially selected team received extensive academic and technical training, which would facilitate in the success of their mission. Eric Deville, the chosen team commander, would lead the group on their journey into uncharted space, assisted by 'Albert', a state-of-the-art supercomputer that navigated the ship and aided in keeping the team out of danger. They would face many challenges and demands that threatened the success of their mission, causing Eric and the team to doubt the completion of their objective! To meet the team that undertakes this harrowing journey, brows the characters page. Then meet the author and discover the background and experience that led him to write this novel by depicting as much hard science realism in the team selection and mission preparation as possible