There was silence. At last Benot said in a whisper, "Sendal? Would it work?" Sendal turned slowly towards him. "I don't know. I don't know! No one has ever thought in that direction. To get that virus to work for us, and not against us! It's unbelievable." He turned towards the door, and then swung back to the other two, who were still standing open mouthed. "By the Eggs, Benot, do you know what this could MEAN?" Benot gave a grudging laugh. "I know what it could mean, it means we could conquer the enemy within and without." **** Three aliens awake on a strange planet and find themselves thrown into a race for survival, both their own and the world they find themselves on. Their existence has been shrouded in a veil of secrecy as the alien world's future trembles on the edge of oblivion. Now they find they are part of a solution that has been elusive for generations, but how to prove it before time runs out?