The Schemes of the Unknown Unknown

Surely this is exactly what Beatrice was always meant to be. She had in Paul a loving faithful husband. She had as many other lovers as she might desire. And most of all she was playing a crucial role in the Space Ship Intrepid’s quest for the Anomaly. How could it ever be better for her?

But Beatrice’s moment of glory and the success of the Intrepid’s mission is under threat from shadowy and mysterious entities whose very existence has not even been suspected. In fact, so unknown are these threats that they are known not even to Beatrice. The quest to discover the truth about the Anomaly and the bizarre Apparitions that it has spawned is at risk from the schemes of unknown forces with immeasurable wealth, uncharted scientific knowledge and immense technological expertise.

Captain Kerensky loses all authority over the Space Ship Intrepid as it faces almost certain extermination. Great anonymous forces manoeuvre to both defend and sabotage the mission. And in all this, Mission Control remains only marginally less clueless about the threats to the mission than the crew and passengers of the Intrepid. And of all of them, none rivals Paul in his degree of ignorance regarding the schemes of the Unknown Unknown.