The first-ever English adaptation of the critically acclaimed European science-fiction epic begins here. When the White Star Line space cruiser Comets Mist crash-lands on a mysterious plant, our heroes are thrust into a fight for survival amongst Ythaq's unsual inhabitants. Astronavigation Lieutenant Granite Welgoat, maintenance engineer Narvarth Bodissey and gold-digging beauty Callista de Saramore encounter all masnner of strange creatures as they explore the uncharted planet.