Elizabeth Thorne is a Botanist Researcher, working for the Federation Alliance. She is an empath, who feels the emotions of others. She accidentally meets Captain Paolo Bianchi of the Starship Draco, on his way to bring one of her cures to a faraway planet. Her boss, the Admiral, sends her along on the mission, and she is drawn into increasingly dangerous events. Someone has created a deadly toxin that has destroyed the ecosystem of an entire world...