Aliens are coming The specter of First Contact the arrival of creatures from another world convulses the people of Earth when they learn a marooned spaceman is awaiting rescue Big Pharma moguls know that any inter-stellar voyager must have had his lifespan enhanced so they want the castaway Adam Solo or his body to learn the secrets As Rip Charley Uncle Egg and Solo try to stay one jump ahead of the body snatchers the people of Earth grapple with the prospect of eternal life available by prescription And the arrival of THEM explorers of the great wilderness of the universe