Antares Passage

After more than a century of isolation, the people of Alta were once again in contact with the rest of human space. But that reunion, led by Captain Richard Drake, spelled the end of civilization on Alta. For the people of the nearest star system were under siege by an alien race called the Ryall, whose only goal in life seemed to be the utter destruction of all Mankind. And it looked as if they might succeed. The only hope for these worlds lay with the greater military forces of Earth itself. But to reach Earth, they would have to take the one path not held by the Ryall, and that way passed through the Antares system, which was awash with the deadly radiation of a supernova. It was a risk they would have to take - and Richard Drake would lead the way into hell...