IMAGINE.... Your long range scout vessel encounters a humanoid race and attempts to make contact. What you discover, though, is a race that wants no contact, and is willing to kill to prevent it. This new race, the Bryce, is very effective at avoiding others, because their touch brings excruciating pain and quick death. Even being in the same room with them is fatal. You could leave this new race alone – but now that's impossible because the Bryce are coming after you! How do you fight an enemy whose mere presence can kill you, whose appearance is that of any other human, and who is so terrified of your existence that he'll go to any lengths to eradicate you? In the entire galaxy only one person seems immune to the touch of the Bryce. Understanding what makes her special could lead you to a cure to this dangerous situation. The only problem is, this woman is missing – and you think the Bryce have her!