Three young scientists are sent on an expedition to study a recently recorded temperature aberration on their home planet of Osstar. The arrangements for their journey are made in secret, at the highest levels of Government. Upon arriving at the planet's North Pole, they discover the reason for the enigmatic mission. It involves a mysterious metal cylinder discovered by a mining company and a struggle for political power that threatens to tear their world apart. Tensions are rising and radical factions within the two intelligent species on the planet are forming. Osstar is on the brink of inter-species war. Only the final clue, hidden in the caverns of ice and snow at the other end of their world, offers hope for the future of Osstar.