A disaster aboard the starship Valiant leaves the crew stranded in orbit of an alien planet's moon, and an expedition to the planet takes a turn for the worst when they find the planet is inhabited by aliens that don't take kindly to their arrival.

Lando went ahead and bought and got a flight from his home in Seattle, Washington to Frankfurt, Germany. Everything seemed to be going well until the most unexpected series of events happened. Will Lando be able to survive?

The starship Valiant, now relocated to Earth orbit, prepares for a visit from a group of Human ambassadors. Tensions between the crew explode after a horrifying reality of Human military technological achievement comes to light. Book 2 of what I suppose is a Codename Alpha series. Since this is book 2, it may be worth your time to check out the previous, which is just called Codename Alpha. It isn't needed, but it may give you some added context.