Six teenagers are awakened from hibernation to discover that they are aboard a spaceship with no knowledge of how they got there and that they are under attack by an alien spacecraft.
After becoming adjusted to life aboard Deepwater, the crew learns that they must go back into cryogenic hibernation to complete their maturation process.
The chain of command on the Deepwater is threatened when Bren learns that he has been chosen to be in charge of the ship, instead of the civilian Reb.
The crew encounters a ship exactly like the Deepwater---but piloted by an older Reb, who advises them to abandon their mission.
The deadly Pandora virus is released aboard the ship, immediately infecting the entire crew.
The ship encounters a spacecraft, apparently adrift, with only one occupant---a female child who has a profound effect on Yuna.
After encountering a lifepod drifting in space, the crew of Deepwater must fight off a "soul vampire."
A message announcing the eradication of the Pandora virus and an invitation to a resort spa are not what they seem to be.
Zak creates a cyber-neural transmitter to induce “prexes”--spacial events with unforseen consequences--but he can't contol it.
After encountering a huge object drifting in space, the ship is boarded by an alien being that demands to be given one of the crew.
A computer virus results in a malevolent being called the Mentor, who threatens to destroy nearly all of the gene samples in the Gene Bank.
The ship and crew face trouble when a metal-eating organism attaches itself to Deepwater.
The crew receives a message from a beacon in space.