When Greg and Tom Hunter learn of their father's accidental death during his exploration of the asteroid belt, they are certain that it was no accident.
The Secretary of State has died and Tom Shandor discovers that the Secretary requested that he put together his official biography for national consumption.
Psychopathology has offered possible answers to why, from time to time, people in large quantities "e;see"e; strange things in the sky which manage to evade trained scientific observers, or conform to what is known about the behavior of falling or flying bodies.
"e;Normality"e; is a myth; we're all a little neurotic, and the study of neurosis has been able to classify the general types of disturbance which are most common.
Before Earth put a stop to mankind's exploring the galaxy, some rebels managed to escape into space in sleep ships in a desperate attempt to find habitat worlds they could colonize away from the oppressive Pax dictatorship.