"By tampering with the genes of humanity to create a super-race--that was an ideal of many scientific Utopians. By tampering with the genes of humanity to create a super-army--that was a dream of many military commanders. By tampering with the genes of humanity to create a horde of obedient but brilliant monsters--that was the scheme of Dr. Kaifeng. For Cap Kennedy, the abduction of a dozen leading geneticists spelled trouble for Earth. For their trails led not to some idealist or to some would-be Napoleon, but pointed only at the one man in the galaxy who might prove to be more powerful than the legions of Terra themselves."--Back cover.