Piper McCloud's ability to fly sets her apart from the other kids, so her mother sends her to an exclusive school for children with exceptional abilities, but even there she does not fit in with the other students.
A medical emergency summons the Enterprise to the Federation outpost of Tanis. There, two of the lab's three researchers are dead. The sole survivor has a secret that will rock the foundations of Starfleet.
Text and photographs tell the story of science research stations at the South Pole, including the one currently under construction which will launch a new era of science.
Piper McCloud's ability to fly sets her apart from the other kids, so her mother sends her to an exclusive school for children with exceptional abilities, but even there she does not fit in with the other students.