The Dead End Survival Project

He was given a list of challenges to perform to prove his ability to command. Each of these challenges was so dangerous, they were considered lethal. When he saw the list, he felt doomed for sure, and his faithful crew realized they're chances were zero for coming back from this space journey.
Lance Cabot is passed over for promotion because a senior officer's wife accuses him of an affair with her. General Thomas Gentry has loved Lance like a son, but in anger sends him on what is thought to be a fatal space mission.

Chapter 1 -- Challenge One Find the Visionary and recapture her